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