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