Libya | 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
State of Libya
Records
63
Source
Libya | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 8.37914717
1961 8.2052605
1962 8.02912268
1963 7.85998572
1964 7.70882655
1965 7.63935751
1966 7.66272108
1967 7.70110998
1968 7.72396575
1969 7.73729241
1970 7.74029861
1971 7.73276286
1972 7.68755402
1973 7.48961855
1974 7.16711633
1975 6.82279471
1976 6.47959983
1977 6.15539381
1978 5.84998653
1979 5.56563078
1980 5.31115473
1981 5.0929448
1982 4.91148688
1983 4.77075265
1984 4.7003017
1985 4.69601484
1986 4.73088045
1987 4.79917694
1988 4.88223065
1989 4.96349384
1990 5.04128789
1991 5.11671808
1992 5.18939101
1993 5.25842576
1994 5.32538133
1995 5.39742174
1996 5.4781539
1997 5.56268804
1998 5.64630684
1999 5.72552964
2000 5.78185076
2001 5.82240042
2002 5.84269839
2003 5.83219694
2004 5.83851256
2005 5.87033015
2006 5.86551571
2007 5.88380685
2008 5.91957562
2009 5.94559891
2010 5.98419567
2011 6.56841302
2012 7.22652259
2013 7.19177811
2014 7.20712964
2015 7.29131121
2016 7.368905
2017 7.39980539
2018 7.37502537
2019 7.33229609
2020 7.30297042
2021 7.27116671
2022 7.27827982

Libya | 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
State of Libya
Records
63
Source