Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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.
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The World Bank
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Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
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Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 80.9095885
1961 81.45754835
1962 81.87617303
1963 82.14171537
1964 82.22751332
1965 82.16956902
1966 82.01467591
1967 81.74507667
1968 81.35779959
1969 80.86940311
1970 80.28315068
1971 79.55809916
1972 78.71406032
1973 77.82491559
1974 76.90140175
1975 75.95820261
1976 75.02050505
1977 74.07886316
1978 73.13252315
1979 72.19365607
1980 71.2656612
1981 70.36696705
1982 69.51810295
1983 68.70495642
1984 67.90049716
1985 67.08877292
1986 66.25247648
1987 65.38471768
1988 64.49321555
1989 63.58776439
1990 62.65052185
1991 61.67818352
1992 60.68958613
1993 59.68897796
1994 58.6722606
1995 57.64434837
1996 56.59979995
1997 55.53433003
1998 54.47007431
1999 53.41627981
2000 52.37745914
2001 51.35296124
2002 50.33028849
2003 49.30822426
2004 48.29508054
2005 47.30456044
2006 46.33851522
2007 45.39727416
2008 44.47682389
2009 43.57597267
2010 42.69933624
2011 41.86027118
2012 41.05635593
2013 40.26608417
2014 39.50982139
2015 38.80157091
2016 38.12866203
2017 37.49386395
2018 36.90309319
2019 36.3297806
2020 35.76117704
2021 35.21067618
2022 34.66546205

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source