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

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