Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
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Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
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Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 81.14215441
1961 82.16951788
1962 82.99486738
1963 83.70516866
1964 84.17832086
1965 84.50304398
1966 84.83669607
1967 85.10497442
1968 85.23182552
1969 85.26089875
1970 85.25227213
1971 85.21870558
1972 85.17399771
1973 85.08100864
1974 84.90143047
1975 84.80998969
1976 84.87626359
1977 84.79407747
1978 84.5727965
1979 84.39718714
1980 84.23274755
1981 83.64166654
1982 83.12254119
1983 83.05372386
1984 82.94025002
1985 82.77362815
1986 82.55342916
1987 82.26056718
1988 81.85628322
1989 81.26288778
1990 80.09576757
1991 78.74273889
1992 77.62433143
1993 76.67490603
1994 75.40803664
1995 73.55815566
1996 71.45710778
1997 69.13126341
1998 66.72979734
1999 64.36788236
2000 62.06312971
2001 59.85818567
2002 57.90027653
2003 56.09517233
2004 54.36908326
2005 52.84055885
2006 51.40813322
2007 50.08959411
2008 49.1526039
2009 48.56593371
2010 48.19050422
2011 48.12317317
2012 48.31862394
2013 48.68768331
2014 49.17407642
2015 49.61759341
2016 49.83194729
2017 49.87464968
2018 49.80354904
2019 49.55610536
2020 49.19912778
2021 48.75366291
2022 48.1706409

Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source