Macao SAR, China | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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, old (% of working-age population)
1960 9.46061508
1961 9.70145294
1962 9.51090026
1963 9.38342585
1964 9.27123843
1965 9.27632003
1966 9.22706039
1967 9.0139849
1968 8.78227249
1969 8.5131433
1970 8.23809693
1971 8.14767534
1972 8.26254165
1973 8.44644003
1974 8.68212581
1975 8.95754845
1976 9.26224637
1977 9.59224419
1978 9.95151551
1979 10.35561322
1980 10.82277732
1981 11.07194753
1982 10.9941111
1983 10.8425606
1984 10.67605959
1985 10.49320431
1986 10.31063437
1987 10.11119417
1988 9.90502341
1989 9.74410219
1990 9.6500927
1991 9.66563561
1992 9.80474516
1993 9.9856175
1994 10.13195825
1995 10.25359365
1996 10.36344434
1997 10.43438141
1998 10.46440977
1999 10.45732416
2000 10.41621645
2001 10.32602921
2002 10.12768562
2003 9.86277519
2004 9.59126499
2005 9.31968937
2006 9.0773898
2007 8.89159562
2008 8.77398435
2009 8.7545166
2010 8.85120551
2011 9.10239788
2012 9.56102303
2013 10.15169617
2014 10.78448682
2015 11.44741875
2016 12.14888464
2017 12.9236597
2018 13.8034495
2019 14.77601679
2020 15.78628645
2021 16.86370894
2022 18.00304893

Macao SAR, China | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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