Macao SAR, China | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--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
Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
Macao SAR, China | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 86.88330747
1961 89.62673657
1962 91.03847694
1963 91.92902458
1964 92.41904507
1965 92.61134069
1966 91.82819247
1967 89.56731862
1968 86.06930598
1969 81.44542305
1970 75.85890552
1971 69.64330579
1972 63.75465908
1973 58.97241822
1974 55.10157999
1975 52.00253626
1976 49.57733497
1977 47.73279134
1978 46.37377673
1979 45.49455887
1980 45.21901267
1981 45.12928846
1982 44.9306375
1983 44.87199717
1984 44.9775136
1985 45.14565066
1986 45.36281124
1987 45.67791067
1988 46.05599568
1989 46.55993396
1990 47.23895688
1991 48.07565796
1992 48.95932091
1993 49.60585674
1994 49.83235444
1995 49.72556925
1996 49.29837
1997 48.39868939
1998 47.08018558
1999 45.48385553
2000 43.59151675
2001 41.39910805
2002 38.98754053
2003 36.49678333
2004 34.02630199
2005 31.7529526
2006 29.79674282
2007 28.09913247
2008 26.69626692
2009 25.69435925
2010 25.03802989
2011 24.84678472
2012 25.32251787
2013 26.13867785
2014 26.98559826
2015 27.90639657
2016 28.9513917
2017 30.19870007
2018 31.70623641
2019 33.41153246
2020 35.1616462
2021 36.86454614
2022 38.53073344
Macao SAR, China | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--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
Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source