Latvia | 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
Republic of Latvia
Records
63
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Latvia | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 32.87220695
1961 33.10020681
1962 33.23803122
1963 33.20660568
1964 33.01435279
1965 32.75655594
1966 32.53701238
1967 32.39650112
1968 32.36329801
1969 32.31745446
1970 32.22377369
1971 32.17753877
1972 32.08935489
1973 31.86898136
1974 31.58410716
1975 31.27916094
1976 30.9469467
1977 30.64638958
1978 30.42193705
1979 30.29722557
1980 30.29385951
1981 30.32845828
1982 30.37195764
1983 30.51846988
1984 30.71602305
1985 30.85290965
1986 30.99013023
1987 31.19593543
1988 31.44541395
1989 31.65358577
1990 31.80407122
1991 31.91028014
1992 31.93266292
1993 31.82173915
1994 31.53640272
1995 31.05638874
1996 30.37791932
1997 29.52306108
1998 28.46237372
1999 27.30088432
2000 26.21758331
2001 25.1467644
2002 24.07306263
2003 23.17166734
2004 22.43062745
2005 21.77611079
2006 21.2759792
2007 20.96445213
2008 20.8804166
2009 20.95836086
2010 21.08671153
2011 21.30789464
2012 21.66425512
2013 22.13768247
2014 22.60544022
2015 23.02821882
2016 23.50909268
2017 24.00433026
2018 24.36030326
2019 24.65269041
2020 24.86155518
2021 24.89919091
2022 24.86320214

Latvia | 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
Republic of Latvia
Records
63
Source