Latvia | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Republic of Latvia
Records
63
Source
Latvia | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
48.5779874 1960
48.94549918 1961
49.18184013 1962
49.24604696 1963
49.25131941 1964
49.26117687 1965
49.33254761 1966
49.51501602 1967
49.82999503 1968
50.12480651 1969
50.34939944 1970
50.63164927 1971
50.84360502 1972
50.84896365 1973
50.74572306 1974
50.56744862 1975
50.31315888 1976
50.07757303 1977
49.87912683 1978
49.6822032 1979
49.45574851 1980
49.1116055 1981
48.71489946 1982
48.4664462 1983
48.33582582 1984
48.21236965 1985
48.2485136 1986
48.5408787 1987
48.99675271 1988
49.50140114 1989
49.98732811 1990
50.49345355 1991
51.01558425 1992
51.40099477 1993
51.50847807 1994
51.38952347 1995
51.15431603 1996
50.78115994 1997
50.13621177 1998
49.36408073 1999
48.74750025 2000
48.2179311 2001
47.74800299 2002
47.509313 2003
47.44070929 2004
47.39578498 2005
47.43665664 2006
47.58179351 2007
47.88545564 2008
48.32707936 2009
48.76301155 2010
49.36803319 2011
50.25588982 2012
51.37783253 2013
52.58006355 2014
53.68624342 2015
54.8197859 2016
55.97980071 2017
56.92045002 2018
57.89268734 2019
58.85725033 2020
59.34051532 2021
59.78593558 2022
Latvia | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Republic of Latvia
Records
63
Source