Lebanon | 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
Lebanese Republic
Records
63
Source
Lebanon | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
92.52571607 1960
94.43651761 1961
96.00206668 1962
97.07020415 1963
97.6320441 1964
97.17095905 1965
95.86560265 1966
94.48603634 1967
93.0467758 1968
91.57366173 1969
90.08525058 1970
88.58404647 1971
87.08309786 1972
85.61442537 1973
84.20179579 1974
83.06360398 1975
81.99831778 1976
80.8642902 1977
79.53236162 1978
78.03638559 1979
76.79905459 1980
75.61849202 1981
74.41905914 1982
73.35298788 1983
72.53980452 1984
71.8250114 1985
71.17721756 1986
70.48380342 1987
69.76646203 1988
69.32820634 1989
69.11593079 1990
68.73182907 1991
68.06603268 1992
67.25865114 1993
66.33761169 1994
65.28775207 1995
64.13980907 1996
62.92112058 1997
61.61376143 1998
60.24951303 1999
58.91262539 2000
57.62441491 2001
56.36226305 2002
55.0616814 2003
53.6554318 2004
52.20959157 2005
50.85640645 2006
49.6213897 2007
48.51043271 2008
47.56113517 2009
46.80498311 2010
46.22566616 2011
45.80770906 2012
45.56356545 2013
45.4663526 2014
46.79245499 2015
49.58123541 2016
52.39631979 2017
55.16319433 2018
57.78841058 2019
59.19797749 2020
59.33839292 2021
59.57741079 2022
Lebanon | 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
Lebanese Republic
Records
63
Source