Kuwait | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
State of Kuwait
Records
63
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Kuwait | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
3.67301208 1960
3.62590832 1961
3.55780432 1962
3.45905733 1963
3.3632427 1964
3.26980323 1965
3.24729341 1966
3.28245961 1967
3.30429782 1968
3.31242052 1969
3.31217923 1970
3.26207304 1971
3.16825984 1972
3.07983858 1973
3.00448333 1974
2.9384819 1975
2.79693764 1976
2.60035297 1977
2.43169109 1978
2.29436888 1979
2.19670442 1980
2.1055548 1981
2.00639181 1982
1.91570881 1983
1.87123215 1984
1.85240973 1985
1.90289778 1986
2.04347539 1987
2.19864414 1988
2.36593603 1989
2.54898604 1990
2.81105241 1991
2.93949217 1992
2.82028097 1993
2.37172746 1994
2.04071589 1995
1.99502081 1996
2.05342844 1997
2.11543322 1998
2.17684067 1999
2.23132959 2000
2.27264162 2001
2.29595378 2002
2.30072273 2003
2.28905849 2004
2.27864988 2005
2.28816919 2006
2.31180743 2007
2.3378226 2008
2.36318129 2009
2.39743688 2010
2.45256833 2011
2.53463058 2012
2.6545608 2013
2.849147 2014
3.0904292 2015
3.37454623 2016
3.7509505 2017
4.15299513 2018
4.66258096 2019
5.30891721 2020
5.98970164 2021
6.63162657 2022
Kuwait | 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
State of Kuwait
Records
63
Source
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