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