Marshall Islands | 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 the Marshall Islands
Records
63
Source
Marshall Islands | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 103.73176207
1961 104.91870474
1962 105.93862096
1963 106.82492582
1964 107.49593292
1965 108.17762679
1966 108.95504825
1967 108.05406613
1968 104.66898243
1969 100.80273113
1970 98.84209623
1971 99.80753138
1972 102.01919065
1973 103.77217709
1974 104.91216656
1975 105.90650663
1976 107.24815725
1977 108.87211301
1978 110.69191551
1979 112.47337782
1980 113.56434279
1981 113.711176
1982 113.45859873
1983 113.20212701
1984 113.0743501
1985 113.06430705
1986 113.22349881
1987 113.46133779
1988 113.40237281
1989 112.29977672
1990 110.26567781
1991 108.05850822
1992 105.84998679
1993 103.52464263
1994 100.93852069
1995 98.26066047
1996 95.61870699
1997 93.05387866
1998 90.70407041
1999 88.13783253
2000 84.92176883
2001 81.43869693
2002 78.1437926
2003 75.15521829
2004 72.43477698
2005 70.08153477
2006 68.33592338
2007 67.32751534
2008 66.9760811
2009 67.16242038
2010 67.84603047
2011 67.84951802
2012 66.7689295
2013 65.47324696
2014 63.95426362
2015 62.30470727
2016 60.80882101
2017 59.57595202
2018 58.35884656
2019 56.8742271
2020 55.05705683
2021 53.05098278
2022 51.5275338
Marshall Islands | 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 the Marshall Islands
Records
63
Source