Lao PDR | 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
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Records
63
Source
Lao PDR | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
75.78152516 1960
76.12635033 1961
76.39364445 1962
76.70520652 1963
77.30226945 1964
77.68268557 1965
77.68409468 1966
77.73404852 1967
77.81745918 1968
77.94047893 1969
78.1116502 1970
78.30478084 1971
78.51659953 1972
78.77086656 1973
79.12521081 1974
79.68785529 1975
80.49820296 1976
81.46861624 1977
82.4356154 1978
83.24516221 1979
83.80282015 1980
84.09274574 1981
84.17265194 1982
84.14494361 1983
84.08499632 1984
83.99097842 1985
83.86973902 1986
83.73967257 1987
83.60269024 1988
83.47467358 1989
83.38637553 1990
83.3625547 1991
83.39082404 1992
83.44304715 1993
83.44389687 1994
83.31305366 1995
83.02382697 1996
82.42922462 1997
81.51201863 1998
80.41026176 1999
79.16293426 2000
77.7649892 2001
76.19035347 2002
74.42018411 2003
72.46800147 2004
70.20586355 2005
67.74679554 2006
65.41302072 2007
63.29357575 2008
61.41856065 2009
59.74979281 2010
58.22129618 2011
56.80001626 2012
55.42125858 2013
54.04177863 2014
52.82131282 2015
51.82423416 2016
50.96752519 2017
50.21059716 2018
49.48727425 2019
48.75795678 2020
47.9941332 2021
47.21230844 2022
Lao PDR | 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
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Records
63
Source