Kenya | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.56153572
1961 6.26630207
1962 6.00279859
1963 5.77526368
1964 5.56908032
1965 5.39564004
1966 5.25957967
1967 5.13832811
1968 5.02327575
1969 4.9117421
1970 4.80385702
1971 4.71252967
1972 4.64059058
1973 4.58386486
1974 4.54397448
1975 4.51159753
1976 4.48325832
1977 4.45957545
1978 4.44123613
1979 4.42375813
1980 4.39828193
1981 4.3861814
1982 4.39039228
1983 4.39053796
1984 4.38522521
1985 4.37796267
1986 4.3747684
1987 4.37587953
1988 4.3729953
1989 4.36208232
1990 4.34466256
1991 4.3315814
1992 4.32268676
1993 4.31436289
1994 4.30956897
1995 4.30990199
1996 4.3108619
1997 4.30423841
1998 4.29247112
1999 4.27456603
2000 4.24843166
2001 4.21238844
2002 4.16690018
2003 4.1156827
2004 4.06133894
2005 4.0110492
2006 3.96636407
2007 3.92213558
2008 3.87773568
2009 3.83961567
2010 3.86138142
2011 3.96214766
2012 4.08828994
2013 4.22046866
2014 4.36410584
2015 4.47456927
2016 4.54681327
2017 4.62392881
2018 4.71444934
2019 4.7789386
2020 4.81430763
2021 4.83954817
2022 4.84366807
Kenya | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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