Madagascar | 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
Republic of Madagascar
Records
63
Source
Madagascar | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 93.04667853
1961 95.14356224
1962 97.10305796
1963 98.80360817
1964 99.49661867
1965 99.39747358
1966 99.34857435
1967 99.36964909
1968 99.47434823
1969 99.68670884
1970 100.01105524
1971 100.49613616
1972 101.08970922
1973 101.64465891
1974 102.08441172
1975 102.39350882
1976 102.58407349
1977 102.66158426
1978 102.63845433
1979 102.5082275
1980 102.2448135
1981 101.78114572
1982 101.12063662
1983 100.31154954
1984 99.38750413
1985 98.38305522
1986 97.25293334
1987 96.11166204
1988 95.10915664
1989 94.24779566
1990 93.55447276
1991 93.01239052
1992 92.5774488
1993 92.24508195
1994 92.03895915
1995 91.99076061
1996 92.08365979
1997 92.22961412
1998 92.34338595
1999 92.3723694
2000 92.25273875
2001 92.01591914
2002 91.64786405
2003 91.12374895
2004 90.48892101
2005 89.74084134
2006 88.91112723
2007 88.02800241
2008 87.07664803
2009 86.0558618
2010 84.95080572
2011 83.73995832
2012 82.46402836
2013 81.21805233
2014 80.12025583
2015 79.18121154
2016 78.34108837
2017 77.57660746
2018 76.84196236
2019 76.10333639
2020 75.33356964
2021 74.51405737
2022 73.66813313

Madagascar | 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
Republic of Madagascar
Records
63
Source