Liberia | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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, young (% of working-age population)
71.7968908 1960
71.84406138 1961
72.10288898 1962
72.60163369 1963
73.54238886 1964
74.52090878 1965
75.20795734 1966
75.8570815 1967
76.46874059 1968
77.07945926 1969
77.63631906 1970
78.15073954 1971
78.65419502 1972
79.13933828 1973
79.64280264 1974
80.36807156 1975
81.27726631 1976
82.21441717 1977
83.18877031 1978
84.12521672 1979
84.97720064 1980
85.65707585 1981
86.12111867 1982
86.61046376 1983
86.66206856 1984
86.17868906 1985
85.69329206 1986
85.10948882 1987
84.35191018 1988
83.44186886 1989
82.80139174 1990
82.16666522 1991
81.32833322 1992
80.44692883 1993
79.54350639 1994
78.7407701 1995
78.17687846 1996
77.82671998 1997
77.5699027 1998
77.49318364 1999
77.66066815 2000
77.87049829 2001
78.16761786 2002
78.5683751 2003
79.06844931 2004
79.65454816 2005
80.29130652 2006
80.92257347 2007
81.19284357 2008
81.28904222 2009
81.39369187 2010
80.08416945 2011
79.13806703 2012
79.45405287 2013
79.43618484 2014
79.06562867 2015
78.53787622 2016
77.99244651 2017
77.28533988 2018
76.3725422 2019
75.14574785 2020
73.70176314 2021
72.14367899 2022
Liberia | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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