Marshall Islands | 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 the Marshall Islands
Records
63
Source
Marshall Islands | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
115.67059484 1960
116.77824839 1961
117.69629334 1962
118.64275577 1963
119.45939182 1964
120.26207231 1965
121.15791951 1966
119.67158177 1967
114.56885983 1968
108.7285477 1969
105.58366927 1970
106.52719665 1971
109.28660826 1972
111.59840822 1973
112.86597267 1974
113.5739103 1975
114.70362408 1976
116.09985799 1977
117.72032047 1978
119.37384637 1979
120.36373657 1980
120.46057871 1981
120.18471338 1982
119.87653566 1983
119.68781175 1984
119.59082455 1985
119.63472794 1986
119.77460086 1987
119.62095315 1988
118.36714882 1989
116.14250845 1990
113.74125556 1991
111.35223171 1992
108.85001067 1993
106.06524166 1994
103.19814043 1995
100.36154414 1996
97.55131301 1997
94.95416208 1998
92.22995894 1999
88.95354915 2000
85.41879643 2001
82.06935721 2002
79.01185901 2003
76.19926199 2004
73.74260592 2005
71.91969807 2006
70.86574338 2007
70.49263425 2008
70.68152866 2009
71.34562951 2010
71.34631559 2011
70.37532637 2012
69.29416807 2013
68.0745383 2014
66.72853045 2015
65.49327124 2016
64.55572604 2017
63.72018512 2018
62.68276715 2019
61.3686206 2020
59.8676957 2021
58.74131215 2022
Marshall Islands | 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 the Marshall Islands
Records
63
Source