Middle East & North Africa | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Middle East & North Africa
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63
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Middle East & North Africa | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
80.67948461 1960
81.63468329 1961
82.37930172 1962
83.02712141 1963
83.45148741 1964
83.73083807 1965
84.02828444 1966
84.25609506 1967
84.36498526 1968
84.37835169 1969
84.35726665 1970
84.30540344 1971
84.22260867 1972
84.07144741 1973
83.84768387 1974
83.76953805 1975
83.86815323 1976
83.78535778 1977
83.54522741 1978
83.32375672 1979
83.09989944 1980
82.49947917 1981
81.95978667 1982
81.80921192 1983
81.62370633 1984
81.37454437 1985
81.07066214 1986
80.70148612 1987
80.21922781 1988
79.55863646 1989
78.57109286 1990
77.22784705 1991
76.06646397 1992
75.0261971 1993
73.68210074 1994
71.85473001 1995
69.83411585 1996
67.62243413 1997
65.34681102 1998
63.12203093 1999
60.9625781 2000
58.90386511 2001
57.0732875 2002
55.38110924 2003
53.75700071 2004
52.20918628 2005
50.61581689 2006
49.08720088 2007
47.90674784 2008
47.07542294 2009
46.54879239 2010
46.37559016 2011
46.42575363 2012
46.62757647 2013
46.95424537 2014
47.24418987 2015
47.33570825 2016
47.29563777 2017
47.18181701 2018
46.96365221 2019
46.782678 2020
46.52826795 2021
46.02579181 2022
Middle East & North Africa | 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
Middle East & North Africa
Records
63
Source