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

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