Kenya | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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, young (% of working-age population)
101.49850654 1960
102.61484613 1961
103.6550338 1962
104.50687832 1963
105.05995582 1964
106.23578733 1965
108.07036886 1966
109.60745637 1967
110.77505721 1968
111.61994636 1969
112.24525818 1970
112.94834805 1971
113.56739126 1972
113.85233565 1973
114.03186379 1974
114.20735953 1975
114.388288 1976
114.24403815 1977
113.73101837 1978
113.10259363 1979
112.2023203 1980
111.15498017 1981
110.11134533 1982
108.94177059 1983
107.76567032 1984
106.70773175 1985
105.77437783 1986
104.92813413 1987
104.00233291 1988
102.9411427 1989
101.70892071 1990
100.46066243 1991
99.19269786 1992
97.82787193 1993
96.37498752 1994
94.95704266 1995
93.63567396 1996
92.31621437 1997
91.06005936 1998
89.71368842 1999
88.26542191 2000
86.8007276 2001
85.42091875 2002
84.18195217 2003
83.03292013 2004
82.08589366 2005
81.34595493 2006
80.79746348 2007
80.33442208 2008
79.84332605 2009
79.28371726 2010
78.57748527 2011
77.73040068 2012
76.72189837 2013
75.57177081 2014
74.32459188 2015
72.96890798 2016
71.52211669 2017
70.03344583 2018
68.50865628 2019
66.93644637 2020
65.34114018 2021
63.74627403 2022
Kenya | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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