Low income | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Low income
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63
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Low income | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 78.65796837
1961 78.78140439
1962 78.93157515
1963 79.24910293
1964 79.70724893
1965 80.18115502
1966 80.76986155
1967 81.51005884
1968 82.22533114
1969 82.87520051
1970 83.49035565
1971 84.12311962
1972 84.75946692
1973 85.21777154
1974 85.49665253
1975 85.74509536
1976 86.02974464
1977 86.29342291
1978 86.40140772
1979 86.45731403
1980 86.58931862
1981 86.70806742
1982 86.64857873
1983 86.48171419
1984 86.36042529
1985 86.31479346
1986 86.3261583
1987 86.38525353
1988 86.51380049
1989 86.72673102
1990 86.97831791
1991 87.17660137
1992 87.37171341
1993 87.69733169
1994 87.67055552
1995 87.5260783
1996 87.84297893
1997 88.18500756
1998 88.20976192
1999 88.03401223
2000 87.7953355
2001 87.47235913
2002 87.14908353
2003 86.81273168
2004 86.40329562
2005 85.93317019
2006 85.36851444
2007 84.86103721
2008 84.44613641
2009 84.00031507
2010 83.52174061
2011 82.96736675
2012 82.51225603
2013 82.27319682
2014 81.99952182
2015 81.57574301
2016 80.95815268
2017 80.21825059
2018 79.41570522
2019 78.53197976
2020 77.64449538
2021 76.79926458
2022 75.93578592
Low income | 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
Low income
Records
63
Source