Madagascar | 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
Republic of Madagascar
Records
63
Source
Madagascar | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
6.43415109 1960
6.52235352 1961
6.60378542 1962
6.6796248 1963
6.71613311 1964
6.72630875 1965
6.74965496 1966
6.77994134 1967
6.82195725 1968
6.88206569 1969
6.95594652 1970
7.04389077 1971
7.14225824 1972
7.22987995 1973
7.27785422 1974
7.2763119 1975
7.2318304 1976
7.14694281 1977
7.03215719 1978
6.90378197 1979
6.77134929 1980
6.6312033 1981
6.48224537 1982
6.33314063 1983
6.19521706 1984
6.07175449 1985
5.96166801 1986
5.86900827 1987
5.7922239 1988
5.72351353 1989
5.66106456 1990
5.60595698 1991
5.55736335 1992
5.51718476 1993
5.48743954 1994
5.46671951 1995
5.45483085 1996
5.45132373 1997
5.45158578 1998
5.44807522 1999
5.43718372 2000
5.42187525 2001
5.40072286 2002
5.37115844 2003
5.33316091 2004
5.28560521 2005
5.23244496 2006
5.17806172 2007
5.12367875 2008
5.07248279 2009
5.0258225 2010
4.98728637 2011
4.95948032 2012
4.9515446 2013
5.01325539 2014
5.12732936 2015
5.24252822 2016
5.35904659 2017
5.47467205 2018
5.5920802 2019
5.69168023 2020
5.75905111 2021
5.81538744 2022
Madagascar | 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
Republic of Madagascar
Records
63
Source