Malta | 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 Malta
Records
63
Source
Malta | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 76.67777609
1961 74.69934525
1962 72.34628994
1963 69.82483112
1964 67.20623751
1965 64.71281174
1966 62.45780052
1967 60.5166622
1968 58.81694529
1969 57.27398648
1970 55.93281467
1971 54.81000358
1972 53.71752974
1973 52.69284989
1974 51.83995254
1975 51.05962501
1976 50.4825414
1977 50.09314538
1978 49.80633259
1979 49.65087734
1980 49.62905207
1981 49.66124916
1982 49.73833536
1983 49.997504
1984 50.32694301
1985 50.60204831
1986 50.74818901
1987 50.84181719
1988 50.97804825
1989 51.07494691
1990 51.02296665
1991 50.81970611
1992 50.55164223
1993 50.26203224
1994 49.90141144
1995 49.51392465
1996 49.24709386
1997 48.94649396
1998 48.52777906
1999 48.11218368
2000 47.73280717
2001 47.31387534
2002 46.74812566
2003 46.10562895
2004 45.40855707
2005 44.67388423
2006 43.94573286
2007 43.39661889
2008 43.55662782
2009 44.27064934
2010 45.04900777
2011 45.8016203
2012 46.44919249
2013 46.92519686
2014 47.28433097
2015 47.5312182
2016 47.62668949
2017 47.62350878
2018 47.50152179
2019 47.31892085
2020 47.14564315
2021 47.06152616
2022 47.66100244

Malta | 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 Malta
Records
63
Source