Maldives | 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 Maldives
Records
63
Source
Maldives | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 70.71040083
1961 71.56735633
1962 72.89337186
1963 74.73818285
1964 77.30026969
1965 80.9726549
1966 84.96469587
1967 87.82563709
1968 89.38427142
1969 90.43591826
1970 91.34734816
1971 91.98761049
1972 92.21682539
1973 91.98429297
1974 91.82946528
1975 92.35038772
1976 93.12589217
1977 93.50117917
1978 93.82104126
1979 94.16509228
1980 94.19718044
1981 93.91608472
1982 93.27663156
1983 92.26085185
1984 91.38900999
1985 91.89513365
1986 93.61219641
1987 95.31732599
1988 96.53943168
1989 97.33877832
1990 98.1668267
1991 98.96382382
1992 99.30657421
1993 99.05510663
1994 98.09524558
1995 96.12025095
1996 93.24549004
1997 89.94902498
1998 86.29701704
1999 82.27822382
2000 78.05698943
2001 73.89125593
2002 69.96813287
2003 66.28120996
2004 62.75317819
2005 59.39102897
2006 55.74506239
2007 51.85115992
2008 48.35411153
2009 45.47511972
2010 43.17307083
2011 41.36868693
2012 40.00686416
2013 38.98951151
2014 38.06644624
2015 37.21927324
2016 36.55729081
2017 36.03037082
2018 35.6197006
2019 35.39976436
2020 35.45256351
2021 35.61527339
2022 35.98499403
Maldives | 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 Maldives
Records
63
Source