Mexico | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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
United Mexican States
Records
63
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Mexico | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 5.76739081
1961 5.7484673
1962 5.76233322
1963 5.79189534
1964 5.83224067
1965 5.8911207
1966 5.96076886
1967 6.02668661
1968 6.08542717
1969 6.13571122
1970 6.17787424
1971 6.26556691
1972 6.40020186
1973 6.53227322
1974 6.65758833
1975 6.77406948
1976 6.87845725
1977 6.96082741
1978 7.01854122
1979 7.06086629
1980 7.07298364
1981 7.05056572
1982 7.02560804
1983 7.01224789
1984 7.01148592
1985 7.02828348
1986 7.0605862
1987 7.10166424
1988 7.14419325
1989 7.18930066
1990 7.22697295
1991 7.26248117
1992 7.31455079
1993 7.38414424
1994 7.46782516
1995 7.5662566
1996 7.68105946
1997 7.80867983
1998 7.94587232
1999 8.09064834
2000 8.23663219
2001 8.39527265
2002 8.56605057
2003 8.73310883
2004 8.88809372
2005 9.02929145
2006 9.16329233
2007 9.29068411
2008 9.41835286
2009 9.54533746
2010 9.64793152
2011 9.78891792
2012 9.98769188
2013 10.19460352
2014 10.42100618
2015 10.67768395
2016 10.96131504
2017 11.26473116
2018 11.59441225
2019 11.87388866
2020 12.03631566
2021 12.155502
2022 12.3911964
Mexico | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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
United Mexican States
Records
63
Source