Mozambique | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Republic of Mozambique
Records
63
Source
Mozambique | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
81.62297976 1960
82.35384521 1961
83.23601927 1962
83.96518091 1963
84.57365625 1964
85.30094163 1965
86.08658679 1966
86.78025063 1967
87.37899577 1968
87.89135315 1969
88.30939266 1970
88.62640252 1971
88.93170016 1972
89.26313719 1973
89.53806322 1974
89.74618791 1975
89.97722748 1976
90.38064283 1977
90.99598382 1978
91.73927779 1979
92.34675237 1980
92.60299491 1981
92.58937607 1982
92.40048846 1983
92.1959423 1984
91.95064896 1985
91.64416804 1986
91.3616934 1987
90.88633983 1988
90.24541209 1989
89.60762851 1990
88.99688837 1991
88.49247422 1992
88.14178426 1993
87.9128056 1994
87.72772092 1995
87.60900264 1996
87.84991495 1997
88.36021208 1998
88.85682314 1999
89.33512419 2000
89.77125235 2001
90.14379061 2002
90.50639089 2003
90.82791362 2004
91.1127539 2005
91.40166768 2006
91.63782263 2007
91.94661555 2008
92.35982884 2009
92.66264153 2010
92.72072804 2011
92.50120099 2012
92.07062816 2013
91.43454623 2014
90.62819236 2015
89.67588095 2016
88.78402664 2017
88.09418454 2018
87.46527303 2019
86.78879278 2020
86.12380707 2021
85.49245507 2022

Mozambique | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Republic of Mozambique
Records
63
Source