Middle East & North Africa | 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.
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The World Bank
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Middle East & North Africa
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Middle East & North Africa | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
7.05976214 1960
7.1026053 1961
7.15986767 1962
7.20815013 1963
7.24386963 1964
7.26958326 1965
7.27689193 1966
7.26609017 1967
7.24623481 1968
7.21976441 1969
7.18990033 1970
7.15976655 1971
7.12992327 1972
7.0985569 1973
7.05844023 1974
7.03128586 1975
7.02702424 1976
6.99646344 1977
6.92858469 1978
6.85935187 1979
6.79303099 1980
6.69979247 1981
6.60850631 1982
6.54916315 1983
6.50646392 1984
6.48128889 1985
6.47245549 1986
6.48122602 1987
6.50039301 1988
6.52031511 1989
6.51179256 1990
6.52092752 1991
6.53884024 1992
6.57707023 1993
6.60868948 1994
6.61855766 1995
6.65050096 1996
6.70077512 1997
6.7189569 1998
6.70778925 1999
6.68888265 2000
6.6650875 2001
6.65129182 2002
6.63221615 2003
6.59891784 2004
6.55075432 2005
6.47991725 2006
6.40536333 2007
6.3513781 2008
6.3297444 2009
6.35074225 2010
6.42901477 2011
6.54452777 2012
6.67889005 2013
6.83339691 2014
7.00090142 2015
7.17670122 2016
7.36980439 2017
7.57613706 2018
7.7899151 2019
8.01692032 2020
8.22504241 2021
8.40793516 2022
Middle East & North Africa | 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
Middle East & North Africa
Records
63
Source