Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 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
Federated States of Micronesia
Records
63
Source
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
92.3310962 1960
93.5249924 1961
94.74771319 1962
96.09115171 1963
97.48485699 1964
98.18444479 1965
98.25777374 1966
98.48033263 1967
98.8082883 1968
99.13370212 1969
99.46572887 1970
100.15504899 1971
101.08836068 1972
101.82587819 1973
102.35846144 1974
102.03172501 1975
100.99909173 1976
100.0142572 1977
99.448616 1978
99.22582726 1979
98.92324539 1980
98.51112235 1981
97.99108237 1982
97.33963025 1983
96.54213767 1984
95.58431163 1985
94.43978404 1986
93.20362085 1987
92.45669132 1988
92.10891914 1989
91.59056464 1990
90.86226885 1991
90.39283533 1992
90.16105312 1993
89.42239084 1994
87.73801623 1995
85.52290044 1996
83.35148155 1997
81.20394919 1998
78.9663693 1999
76.91430562 2000
75.30771399 2001
73.9924805 2002
72.88007175 2003
71.74164316 2004
70.47913209 2005
69.10847068 2006
67.59031167 2007
66.10332656 2008
64.80474241 2009
63.28673982 2010
62.08010336 2011
61.35337001 2012
60.52884402 2013
59.80534424 2014
59.18503868 2015
58.79149453 2016
58.59771072 2017
58.3871152 2018
58.25826253 2019
58.01372856 2020
57.67606517 2021
57.39377395 2022
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 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
Federated States of Micronesia
Records
63
Source