Late-demographic dividend | 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
Late-demographic dividend
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63
Source
Late-demographic dividend | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 69.12635549
1961 68.77130138
1962 68.9278762
1963 70.10985307
1964 71.05280086
1965 71.26168322
1966 71.17429243
1967 70.56964662
1968 69.93156195
1969 69.48420499
1970 68.84972918
1971 68.27484468
1972 67.48869278
1973 66.7004998
1974 66.39114466
1975 66.19761631
1976 65.92672394
1977 64.78656537
1978 62.31746246
1979 59.84802489
1980 57.86224187
1981 56.11341321
1982 54.74862383
1983 53.24762923
1984 51.53508
1985 49.993757
1986 48.69945199
1987 47.74329875
1988 46.92247147
1989 46.2493036
1990 45.87570116
1991 45.49812875
1992 44.98234518
1993 44.44300316
1994 43.77062356
1995 42.94363305
1996 41.96512196
1997 40.78142764
1998 39.60024185
1999 38.47955355
2000 37.29552486
2001 35.99318614
2002 34.54476376
2003 33.15534591
2004 31.86857016
2005 30.5746793
2006 29.52606073
2007 28.82569901
2008 28.29646784
2009 27.89742679
2010 27.58545202
2011 27.36029008
2012 27.27910229
2013 27.29088939
2014 27.35392355
2015 27.41347886
2016 27.47981912
2017 27.6261862
2018 27.70285907
2019 27.65049531
2020 27.48081587
2021 27.16584112
2022 26.75631902
Late-demographic dividend | 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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source