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

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