Kuwait | 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
State of Kuwait
Records
63
Source
Kuwait | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
65.30990025 1960
66.67255447 1961
68.14871462 1962
69.64267704 1963
71.06333122 1964
72.44746937 1965
74.86184855 1966
78.18931222 1967
81.32587213 1968
84.18575136 1969
86.68616968 1970
87.9024529 1971
87.84767191 1972
87.4845699 1973
86.88263544 1974
85.94516643 1975
83.8914517 1976
81.16552521 1977
78.79494344 1978
76.831432 1979
75.364112 1980
73.63525278 1981
71.56788154 1982
69.72309966 1983
68.65690792 1984
67.86537882 1985
67.92573733 1986
68.92705172 1987
69.3957647 1988
69.21519069 1989
67.67717115 1990
63.84847888 1991
61.40386521 1992
56.89633416 1993
52.58971849 1994
50.85703505 1995
49.89655285 1996
48.55018625 1997
46.91312271 1998
45.14026003 1999
43.34472001 2000
41.6169587 2001
40.02124224 2002
38.57789091 2003
37.25689031 2004
36.16978247 2005
35.39670154 2006
34.77759916 2007
34.1836071 2008
33.55688762 2009
33.02624544 2010
32.53653811 2011
32.01105659 2012
31.53830338 2013
31.6202271 2014
31.67600654 2015
31.84238656 2016
32.17757774 2017
32.07841273 2018
32.20742732 2019
33.25909072 2020
34.36851195 2021
34.49177998 2022
Kuwait | 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
State of Kuwait
Records
63
Source