Kuwait | 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
State of Kuwait
Records
63
Source
Kuwait | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
61.63688817 1960
63.04664616 1961
64.5909103 1962
66.18361971 1963
67.70008852 1964
69.17766613 1965
71.61455515 1966
74.90685261 1967
78.02157431 1968
80.87333084 1969
83.37399045 1970
84.64037986 1971
84.67941207 1972
84.40473132 1973
83.87815211 1974
83.00668454 1975
81.09451406 1976
78.56517224 1977
76.36325235 1978
74.53706312 1979
73.16740759 1980
71.52969798 1981
69.56148973 1982
67.80739085 1983
66.78567577 1984
66.01296909 1985
66.02283955 1986
66.88357633 1987
67.19712056 1988
66.84925465 1989
65.12818511 1990
61.03742647 1991
58.46437304 1992
54.07605318 1993
50.21799102 1994
48.81631917 1995
47.90153204 1996
46.49675781 1997
44.79768949 1998
42.96341937 1999
41.11339042 2000
39.34431708 2001
37.72528846 2002
36.27716818 2003
34.96783183 2004
33.89113259 2005
33.10853235 2006
32.46579172 2007
31.84578449 2008
31.19370634 2009
30.62880856 2010
30.08396977 2011
29.47642601 2012
28.88374257 2013
28.7710801 2014
28.58557735 2015
28.46784033 2016
28.42662724 2017
27.9254176 2018
27.54484636 2019
27.95017351 2020
28.37881031 2021
27.86015341 2022
Kuwait | 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
State of Kuwait
Records
63
Source