Maldives | 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 Maldives
Records
63
Source
Maldives | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
5.25257041 1960
5.2245211 1961
5.21205377 1962
5.21157656 1963
5.22398515 1964
4.98788508 1965
4.46278179 1966
4.07369703 1967
4.01945265 1968
4.13461385 1969
4.25257732 1970
4.36352648 1971
4.46974922 1972
4.5698351 1973
4.66927144 1974
4.78571141 1975
4.91887007 1976
5.05704634 1977
5.10316898 1978
5.0622487 1979
5.03256504 1980
4.99925708 1981
4.95143803 1982
4.89070423 1983
4.84108696 1984
4.88045801 1985
4.99774213 1986
5.11106649 1987
5.20016009 1988
5.28531846 1989
5.40878619 1990
5.56141208 1991
5.70409388 1992
5.82076984 1993
5.92398263 1994
6.02166219 1995
6.13267317 1996
6.27797625 1997
6.43405367 1998
6.58823529 1999
6.73133284 2000
6.86186695 2001
7.00669908 2002
7.15528478 2003
7.28722258 2004
7.39175579 2005
7.34486226 2006
7.12207334 2007
6.86495127 2008
6.62779406 2009
6.40957615 2010
6.20802138 2011
6.02962428 2012
5.87827245 2013
5.78323472 2014
5.73755257 2015
5.70878865 2016
5.69697703 2017
5.7118568 2018
5.78464709 2019
5.93825041 2020
6.16209637 2021
6.50449141 2022

Maldives | 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 Maldives
Records
63
Source