Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 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
Federated States of Micronesia
Records
63
Source
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.7606264
1961 6.82676858
1962 6.88361506
1963 6.92260316
1964 6.90761763
1965 6.85616117
1966 6.79846987
1967 6.75571255
1968 6.71724582
1969 6.68336638
1970 6.64457444
1971 6.64731303
1972 6.66903501
1973 6.68119788
1974 6.69259739
1975 6.6339584
1976 6.51021066
1977 6.40148275
1978 6.34507218
1979 6.32241069
1980 6.29366983
1981 6.25884732
1982 6.22764467
1983 6.20357406
1984 6.18968845
1985 6.18329776
1986 6.16678497
1987 6.14088024
1988 6.14527404
1989 6.16838011
1990 6.17689348
1991 6.17671095
1992 6.32829414
1993 6.59277592
1994 6.7715494
1995 6.72145932
1996 6.5109269
1997 6.30073253
1998 6.08643321
1999 5.87735062
2000 5.81695517
2001 5.92564753
2002 6.04977783
2003 6.12320633
2004 6.11832879
2005 6.0283361
2006 5.88424684
2007 5.71935676
2008 5.54986782
2009 5.39326529
2010 5.2891985
2011 5.35124091
2012 5.56077344
2013 5.83679442
2014 6.16947364
2015 6.54993892
2016 6.94247826
2017 7.33889615
2018 7.76886173
2019 8.25826253
2020 8.78402188
2021 9.2753906
2022 9.68787052
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 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
Federated States of Micronesia
Records
63
Source