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

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