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