Least developed countries: UN classification | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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.
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Least developed countries: UN classification
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Least developed countries: UN classification | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 5.56573546
1961 5.56918829
1962 5.57654517
1963 5.59206414
1964 5.61654354
1965 5.64408477
1966 5.6745642
1967 5.71077811
1968 5.75003919
1969 5.79018891
1970 5.8292469
1971 5.83947475
1972 5.85234807
1973 5.89349467
1974 5.92977249
1975 5.95640402
1976 5.98826635
1977 6.02779621
1978 6.06161763
1979 6.09113482
1980 6.12261768
1981 6.15223506
1982 6.16886679
1983 6.16894528
1984 6.16218574
1985 6.15717802
1986 6.15096697
1987 6.14838968
1988 6.13682898
1989 6.11357442
1990 6.09321861
1991 6.0742903
1992 6.04834895
1993 6.01507853
1994 5.97308462
1995 5.93433409
1996 5.91106681
1997 5.89772162
1998 5.89052835
1999 5.89363856
2000 5.90401539
2001 5.91172069
2002 5.91768399
2003 5.92111525
2004 5.92169001
2005 5.92066675
2006 5.92255678
2007 5.92707377
2008 5.92975813
2009 5.9344222
2010 5.94507467
2011 5.95948967
2012 5.97619077
2013 5.98614088
2014 5.99298503
2015 6.01586673
2016 6.05285704
2017 6.10009481
2018 6.16174698
2019 6.23333781
2020 6.2866193
2021 6.31628927
2022 6.35187531

Least developed countries: UN classification | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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
Least developed countries: UN classification
Records
63
Source