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

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