Kenya | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Kenya
Records
63
Source
Kenya | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 108.06004226
1961 108.8811482
1962 109.65783238
1963 110.282142
1964 110.62903614
1965 111.63142737
1966 113.32994853
1967 114.74578448
1968 115.79833296
1969 116.53168846
1970 117.0491152
1971 117.66087772
1972 118.20798184
1973 118.43620051
1974 118.57583827
1975 118.71895706
1976 118.87154632
1977 118.7036136
1978 118.17225451
1979 117.52635175
1980 116.60060223
1981 115.54116157
1982 114.50173761
1983 113.33230855
1984 112.15089553
1985 111.08569442
1986 110.14914623
1987 109.30401366
1988 108.37532822
1989 107.30322503
1990 106.05358327
1991 104.79224383
1992 103.51538463
1993 102.14223483
1994 100.68455649
1995 99.26694464
1996 97.94653586
1997 96.62045279
1998 95.35253047
1999 93.98825446
2000 92.51385357
2001 91.01311603
2002 89.58781893
2003 88.29763487
2004 87.09425907
2005 86.09694286
2006 85.312319
2007 84.71959906
2008 84.21215776
2009 83.68294172
2010 83.14509868
2011 82.53963293
2012 81.81869063
2013 80.94236703
2014 79.93587665
2015 78.79916115
2016 77.51572125
2017 76.14604549
2018 74.74789517
2019 73.28759487
2020 71.750754
2021 70.18068835
2022 68.5899421

Kenya | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Kenya
Records
63
Source