Malta | 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 Malta
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63
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Malta | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 64.16019218
1961 62.0796339
1962 59.66477772
1963 57.11231974
1964 54.46837525
1965 51.91398561
1966 49.57349538
1967 47.49809369
1968 45.60248825
1969 43.85168799
1970 42.30460096
1971 40.96762645
1972 39.66771195
1973 38.46033358
1974 37.46172527
1975 36.58536585
1976 35.97972391
1977 35.59962644
1978 35.34647632
1979 35.24753799
1980 35.29392307
1981 35.38538773
1982 35.56801213
1983 35.87561776
1984 36.10196621
1985 36.18422231
1986 36.09064632
1987 35.91154899
1988 35.73223212
1989 35.49198582
1990 35.09897064
1991 34.61335986
1992 34.14980752
1993 33.64453455
1994 33.00737114
1995 32.30598582
1996 31.72145026
1997 31.12735847
1998 30.42127338
1999 29.70406377
2000 28.97643998
2001 28.16523424
2002 27.23132058
2003 26.25511356
2004 25.26824637
2005 24.32308497
2006 23.47977412
2007 22.7172246
2008 22.14862064
2009 21.7943023
2010 21.49063411
2011 21.17666014
2012 20.8742434
2013 20.58767733
2014 20.34692778
2015 20.15533684
2016 20.02651961
2017 19.9339478
2018 19.77903579
2019 19.58603799
2020 19.42156194
2021 19.3157647
2022 19.41593176
Malta | 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 Malta
Records
63
Source