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

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