Libya | 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
State of Libya
Records
63
Source
Libya | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
85.77039491 1960
87.00467018 1961
88.51363299 1962
90.37646564 1963
92.29303574 1964
95.10659248 1965
99.39945171 1966
104.13473557 1967
108.74820583 1968
113.10266169 1969
117.11649625 1970
120.72740224 1971
123.31462388 1972
122.89587747 1973
120.56089332 1974
117.97951687 1975
114.76423421 1976
111.14739418 1977
107.18688741 1978
102.96355699 1979
98.69258209 1980
94.69953102 1981
91.24344724 1982
88.36913085 1983
85.99312077 1984
84.11434505 1985
82.71674627 1986
81.62027122 1987
80.4565388 1988
79.0109421 1989
77.37499032 1990
75.58953508 1991
73.66553438 1992
71.62569274 1993
69.51867947 1994
67.50052465 1995
65.67882877 1996
63.98800584 1997
62.3536736 1998
60.69359424 1999
59.11453382 2000
57.75321873 2001
56.54416509 2002
55.48937159 2003
54.65790458 2004
54.02238686 2005
53.28802125 2006
52.53070539 2007
51.90683211 2008
51.40168517 2009
51.10237205 2010
54.66181197 2011
58.6477078 2012
57.85733916 2013
57.19857077 2014
56.75226791 2015
56.2044449 2016
55.39065092 2017
54.32240352 2018
53.16333185 2019
51.98685601 2020
50.78086051 2021
49.60603015 2022
Libya | 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
State of Libya
Records
63
Source