Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 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
Federated States of Micronesia
Records
63
Source
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
85.5704698 1960
86.69822382 1961
87.86409813 1962
89.16854855 1963
90.57723936 1964
91.32828362 1965
91.45930387 1966
91.72462008 1967
92.09104248 1968
92.45033573 1969
92.82115443 1970
93.50773595 1971
94.41932567 1972
95.14468031 1973
95.66586405 1974
95.39776661 1975
94.48888108 1976
93.61277445 1977
93.10354382 1978
92.90341657 1979
92.62957556 1980
92.25227503 1981
91.7634377 1982
91.1360562 1983
90.35244922 1984
89.40101387 1985
88.27299908 1986
87.06274061 1987
86.31141728 1988
85.94053904 1989
85.41367116 1990
84.6855579 1991
84.0645412 1992
83.5682772 1993
82.65084144 1994
81.01655691 1995
79.01197354 1996
77.05074903 1997
75.11751598 1998
73.08901868 1999
71.09735046 2000
69.38206646 2001
67.94270267 2002
66.75686541 2003
65.62331438 2004
64.45079599 2005
63.22422384 2006
61.87095491 2007
60.55345874 2008
59.41147711 2009
57.99754132 2010
56.72886245 2011
55.79259657 2012
54.6920496 2013
53.6358706 2014
52.63509976 2015
51.84901627 2016
51.25881457 2017
50.61825347 2018
50 2019
49.22970668 2020
48.40067457 2021
47.70590344 2022

Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 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
Federated States of Micronesia
Records
63
Source