Libya | 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
State of Libya
Records
63
Source
Libya | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 77.39124775
1961 78.79940968
1962 80.48451031
1963 82.51647992
1964 84.58420919
1965 87.46723498
1966 91.73673063
1967 96.43362559
1968 101.02424008
1969 105.36536928
1970 109.37619764
1971 112.99463939
1972 115.62706986
1973 115.40625892
1974 113.39377698
1975 111.15672217
1976 108.28463438
1977 104.99200037
1978 101.33690088
1979 97.39792621
1980 93.38142736
1981 89.60658622
1982 86.33196036
1983 83.5983782
1984 81.29281907
1985 79.41833021
1986 77.98586583
1987 76.82109428
1988 75.57430815
1989 74.04744825
1990 72.33370243
1991 70.47281701
1992 68.47614337
1993 66.36726698
1994 64.19329814
1995 62.10310291
1996 60.20067487
1997 58.4253178
1998 56.70736676
1999 54.9680646
2000 53.33268306
2001 51.93081831
2002 50.70146671
2003 49.65717465
2004 48.81939202
2005 48.15205671
2006 47.42250554
2007 46.64689854
2008 45.98725649
2009 45.45608626
2010 45.11817638
2011 48.09339895
2012 51.42118521
2013 50.66556105
2014 49.99144114
2015 49.4609567
2016 48.8355399
2017 47.99084553
2018 46.94737815
2019 45.83103576
2020 44.6838856
2021 43.50969379
2022 42.32775033
Libya | 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
State of Libya
Records
63
Source