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

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