Middle income | 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
Origin
Middle income
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63
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Middle income | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.82058332
1961 6.81414903
1962 6.84245198
1963 6.89091912
1964 6.93613838
1965 6.9828396
1966 7.03422007
1967 7.08090671
1968 7.13254745
1969 7.18517686
1970 7.22819974
1971 7.27731786
1972 7.33230413
1973 7.39524377
1974 7.48399356
1975 7.58081363
1976 7.67361809
1977 7.74629977
1978 7.78855739
1979 7.82501353
1980 7.8417086
1981 7.82471403
1982 7.79887432
1983 7.77512689
1984 7.75710217
1985 7.74674079
1986 7.74892904
1987 7.76710325
1988 7.8038373
1989 7.86881298
1990 7.94866957
1991 8.03511324
1992 8.13811868
1993 8.25994237
1994 8.37426886
1995 8.47701541
1996 8.56933084
1997 8.6513016
1998 8.73777625
1999 8.82287032
2000 8.90680151
2001 8.99630774
2002 9.09314955
2003 9.19141945
2004 9.27516144
2005 9.34645775
2006 9.42086825
2007 9.48554605
2008 9.52984777
2009 9.57658991
2010 9.64172727
2011 9.74852318
2012 9.901583
2013 10.08734403
2014 10.32078036
2015 10.61081893
2016 10.92982848
2017 11.28515413
2018 11.66819224
2019 12.05945252
2020 12.4378997
2021 12.74613544
2022 13.04723596
Middle income | 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 income
Records
63
Source