Lebanon | 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
Lebanese Republic
Records
63
Source
Lebanon | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 11.40950951
1961 11.28769296
1962 11.13340215
1963 10.95019947
1964 10.76199357
1965 10.54682261
1966 10.31175717
1967 10.10201857
1968 9.91434335
1969 9.74247703
1970 9.58745806
1971 9.44380866
1972 9.30389334
1973 9.17974294
1974 9.08548385
1975 9.01332448
1976 8.76507579
1977 8.56653096
1978 8.49892706
1979 8.37183822
1980 8.19483974
1981 7.97018591
1982 7.61718095
1983 7.27471153
1984 7.08619417
1985 6.96826502
1986 6.90952577
1987 6.88592934
1988 6.88853052
1989 6.95501027
1990 7.07160309
1991 7.20160102
1992 7.3398958
1993 7.48350537
1994 7.62420738
1995 7.75474578
1996 7.87522545
1997 7.9884499
1998 8.09023302
1999 8.18038057
2000 8.26594343
2001 8.34904478
2002 8.43582741
2003 8.52087536
2004 8.58731828
2005 8.63662411
2006 8.68472116
2007 8.73769917
2008 8.80018474
2009 8.87929614
2010 8.97864778
2011 9.10371473
2012 9.26015977
2013 9.46062401
2014 9.70224378
2015 10.32069142
2016 11.32577598
2017 12.33014526
2018 13.29162161
2019 14.18838635
2020 14.88511753
2021 15.3317124
2022 15.78653167
Lebanon | 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
Lebanese Republic
Records
63
Source