Lesotho | 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
Kingdom of Lesotho
Records
63
Source
Lesotho | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 98.37207989
1961 98.37808102
1962 98.2108305
1963 97.62813702
1964 96.44974873
1965 95.98181027
1966 96.39979826
1967 95.97586672
1968 94.68343725
1969 93.14865214
1970 91.45372851
1971 89.71637744
1972 88.0155794
1973 86.39697072
1974 84.93962633
1975 83.75919605
1976 82.97121921
1977 83.14706419
1978 83.96346747
1979 84.71982706
1980 85.48687189
1981 86.25401298
1982 86.97516836
1983 87.6163306
1984 88.19365944
1985 88.41623876
1986 87.66025188
1987 87.04448271
1988 87.17634523
1989 87.1849031
1990 86.95373846
1991 86.50056526
1992 85.88145632
1993 85.12238059
1994 84.20886701
1995 83.20433459
1996 82.22827445
1997 81.11760466
1998 79.82895936
1999 78.52556212
2000 77.25721067
2001 76.10357972
2002 75.03174176
2003 74.02111274
2004 73.08699579
2005 72.1792858
2006 71.25802455
2007 70.16540695
2008 69.13176247
2009 68.36441401
2010 67.60280726
2011 66.82292763
2012 66.10165518
2013 65.53121999
2014 65.15524376
2015 64.77760882
2016 64.32885209
2017 63.84023091
2018 63.300822
2019 62.82093956
2020 62.43892596
2021 62.09137975
2022 61.74848937

Lesotho | 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
Kingdom of Lesotho
Records
63
Source