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