Macao SAR, China | 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
Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
Macao SAR, China | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
77.42269238 1960
79.92528364 1961
81.52757668 1962
82.54559873 1963
83.14780664 1964
83.33502066 1965
82.60113208 1966
80.55333373 1967
77.28703349 1968
72.93227976 1969
67.62080859 1970
61.49563044 1971
55.49211743 1972
50.52597819 1973
46.41945418 1974
43.04498781 1975
40.3150886 1976
38.14054715 1977
36.42226122 1978
35.13894566 1979
34.39623535 1980
34.05734094 1981
33.9365264 1982
34.02943657 1983
34.30145402 1984
34.65244635 1985
35.05217687 1986
35.5667165 1987
36.15097227 1988
36.81583178 1989
37.58886418 1990
38.41002235 1991
39.15457575 1992
39.62023924 1993
39.70039618 1994
39.4719756 1995
38.93492566 1996
37.96430799 1997
36.61577581 1998
35.02653137 1999
33.1753003 2000
31.07307884 2001
28.85985491 2002
26.63400814 2003
24.43503701 2004
22.43326323 2005
20.71935301 2006
19.20753685 2007
17.92228257 2008
16.93984265 2009
16.18682438 2010
15.74438684 2011
15.76149484 2012
15.98698168 2013
16.20111145 2014
16.45897781 2015
16.80250706 2016
17.27504037 2017
17.90278691 2018
18.63551567 2019
19.37535975 2020
20.00083721 2021
20.52768451 2022

Macao SAR, China | 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
Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source