Liberia | 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
Republic of Liberia
Records
63
Source
Liberia | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
76.93873422 1960
76.9829201 1961
77.24362733 1962
77.77004901 1963
78.76668822 1964
79.79485776 1965
80.51900465 1966
81.20180735 1967
81.84415448 1968
82.48484391 1969
83.07156938 1970
83.61974938 1971
84.15816381 1972
84.67553077 1973
85.21361915 1974
85.87402261 1975
86.63349186 1976
87.44413017 1977
88.31226853 1978
89.16496974 1979
89.96208956 1980
90.62423355 1981
91.11247587 1982
91.52370765 1983
91.51667781 1984
91.10599157 1985
90.69160087 1986
90.17947396 1987
89.48667145 1988
88.63141425 1989
88.02652773 1990
87.43588182 1991
86.65174151 1992
85.81559851 1993
84.94343869 1994
84.18289843 1995
83.67607841 1996
83.40243726 1997
83.22918366 1998
83.24138669 1999
83.5063674 2000
83.81638625 2001
84.21556955 2002
84.71567954 2003
85.31827497 2004
86.00698512 2005
86.73562031 2006
87.4486582 2007
87.77812736 2008
87.92072719 2009
88.062838 2010
86.69765531 2011
85.69003507 2012
85.99213486 2013
85.9089402 2014
85.45929456 2015
84.87987966 2016
84.28946853 2017
83.53556041 2018
82.57186176 2019
81.26368362 2020
79.70562202 2021
78.03350912 2022
Liberia | 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
Republic of Liberia
Records
63
Source