Lower 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Lower middle income
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63
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Lower middle income | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 73.35515182
1961 74.27856141
1962 75.13273735
1963 75.96671492
1964 76.54452929
1965 76.8115704
1966 76.96697421
1967 77.02168313
1968 76.99520125
1969 76.89734026
1970 76.7231722
1971 76.54562873
1972 76.33242931
1973 76.05809357
1974 75.75961843
1975 75.42066366
1976 75.09690398
1977 74.75592889
1978 74.37732903
1979 74.05933687
1980 73.78471497
1981 73.50582597
1982 73.28711803
1983 73.13705619
1984 73.0080864
1985 72.84402908
1986 72.61475323
1987 72.31553012
1988 71.92323339
1989 71.46760779
1990 70.92846811
1991 70.33323432
1992 69.76131927
1993 69.16705519
1994 68.45389587
1995 67.59205574
1996 66.60336081
1997 65.52982875
1998 64.39187284
1999 63.23531169
2000 62.11579499
2001 61.04677188
2002 60.06238982
2003 59.12389544
2004 58.17979389
2005 57.25901897
2006 56.36777456
2007 55.50471243
2008 54.70011817
2009 53.95098281
2010 53.23675747
2011 52.57513046
2012 51.96974982
2013 51.39480423
2014 50.83396072
2015 50.27516545
2016 49.6881799
2017 49.06575502
2018 48.4478787
2019 47.838244
2020 47.21454344
2021 46.61528511
2022 46.1025755
Lower 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
Lower middle income
Records
63
Source