Liberia | 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
Republic of Liberia
Records
63
Source
Liberia | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
5.14184342 1960
5.13885872 1961
5.14073834 1962
5.16841532 1963
5.22429936 1964
5.27394897 1965
5.31104731 1966
5.34472585 1967
5.37541389 1968
5.40538465 1969
5.43525032 1970
5.46900984 1971
5.50396879 1972
5.53619248 1973
5.57081651 1974
5.50595106 1975
5.35622554 1976
5.229713 1977
5.12349822 1978
5.03975302 1979
4.98488891 1980
4.9671577 1981
4.9913572 1982
4.91324388 1983
4.85460925 1984
4.92730251 1985
4.99830881 1986
5.06998515 1987
5.13476127 1988
5.18954538 1989
5.225136 1990
5.26921661 1991
5.32340828 1992
5.36866968 1993
5.3999323 1994
5.44212833 1995
5.49919995 1996
5.57571728 1997
5.65928096 1998
5.74820305 1999
5.84569925 2000
5.94588796 2001
6.04795169 2002
6.14730444 2003
6.24982566 2004
6.35243696 2005
6.44431378 2006
6.52608473 2007
6.58528379 2008
6.63168497 2009
6.66914613 2010
6.61348587 2011
6.55196804 2012
6.53808199 2013
6.47275536 2014
6.39366588 2015
6.34200344 2016
6.29702202 2017
6.25022053 2018
6.19931956 2019
6.11793578 2020
6.00385888 2021
5.88983012 2022

Liberia | 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
Republic of Liberia
Records
63
Source