Middle income | 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 income
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63
Source
Middle income | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
71.61966271 1960
71.87518903 1961
72.39311989 1962
73.43219744 1963
74.25052421 1964
74.57110187 1965
74.69432688 1966
74.50565986 1967
74.24343073 1968
74.0263138 1969
73.66766044 1970
73.31609649 1971
72.82577362 1972
72.30877386 1973
72.0267202 1974
71.77379299 1975
71.46392103 1976
70.67632897 1977
69.16722655 1978
67.66557364 1979
66.43257425 1980
65.32615796 1981
64.45649884 1982
63.53834461 1983
62.50707608 1984
61.55182481 1985
60.69686036 1986
60.00144211 1987
59.35484012 1988
58.77816602 1989
58.36148218 1990
57.90762798 1991
57.3980894 1992
56.87570771 1993
56.23288498 1994
55.44885536 1995
54.5349643 1996
53.47861829 1997
52.40224278 1998
51.35516275 1999
50.29526536 2000
49.2033203 2001
48.0697091 2002
46.9820535 2003
45.94597902 2004
44.92113095 2005
44.03827667 2006
43.34596501 2007
42.76506005 2008
42.26782647 2009
41.821376 2010
41.43946867 2011
41.14542593 2012
40.9008645 2013
40.67860973 2014
40.4487362 2015
40.20882387 2016
39.98800402 2017
39.73349508 2018
39.41817695 2019
39.04214436 2020
38.61104734 2021
38.17843948 2022
Middle income | 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 income
Records
63
Source