Maldives | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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, young (% of working-age population)
65.45783043 1960
66.34283523 1961
67.68131809 1962
69.52660628 1963
72.07628454 1964
75.98476982 1965
80.50191408 1966
83.75194005 1967
85.36481877 1968
86.30130441 1969
87.09477084 1970
87.62408401 1971
87.74707617 1972
87.41445787 1973
87.16019384 1974
87.56467632 1975
88.20702209 1976
88.44413283 1977
88.71787227 1978
89.10284358 1979
89.1646154 1980
88.91682763 1981
88.32519353 1982
87.37014762 1983
86.54792302 1984
87.01467564 1985
88.61445428 1986
90.2062595 1987
91.33927159 1988
92.05345986 1989
92.7580405 1990
93.40241175 1991
93.60248033 1992
93.23433679 1993
92.17126295 1994
90.09858877 1995
87.11281687 1996
83.67104873 1997
79.86296337 1998
75.68998853 1999
71.32565659 2000
67.02938898 2001
62.96143379 2002
59.12592518 2003
55.46595561 2004
51.99927318 2005
48.40020013 2006
44.72908659 2007
41.48916026 2008
38.84732567 2009
36.76349468 2010
35.16066554 2011
33.97723988 2012
33.11123906 2013
32.28321152 2014
31.48172067 2015
30.84850216 2016
30.3333938 2017
29.9078438 2018
29.61511727 2019
29.5143131 2020
29.45317701 2021
29.48050262 2022
Maldives | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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