Low & middle 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 & middle income
Records
63
Source
Low & middle income | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
72.03305872 1960
72.28498864 1961
72.78360733 1962
73.78095886 1963
74.57866367 1964
74.90876716 1965
75.05956723 1966
74.92570959 1967
74.72099826 1968
74.55460265 1969
74.25255053 1970
73.95808997 1971
73.53267072 1972
73.07207001 1973
72.82455802 1974
72.60385026 1975
72.33186782 1976
71.60704768 1977
70.19293088 1978
68.78320175 1979
67.62507784 1980
66.58128227 1981
65.75651271 1982
64.8840238 1983
63.90783412 1984
63.00775086 1985
62.20447323 1986
61.55529072 1987
60.95612554 1988
60.4299821 1989
60.05676448 1990
59.64736107 1991
59.19485448 1992
58.74192963 1993
58.15349489 1994
57.42564752 1995
56.60111527 1996
55.6414716 1997
54.6462535 1998
53.6712404 1999
52.67981231 2000
51.65524258 2001
50.60060488 2002
49.59265091 2003
48.62734154 2004
47.67129316 2005
46.85036045 2006
46.21440236 2007
45.68688122 2008
45.23729308 2009
44.83420887 2010
44.48794774 2011
44.22828386 2012
44.02352399 2013
43.83809519 2014
43.64015049 2015
43.42596082 2016
43.22472532 2017
42.99007279 2018
42.69650599 2019
42.34694234 2020
41.94761819 2021
41.54947902 2022

Low & middle 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 & middle income
Records
63
Source