Mozambique | 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
Republic of Mozambique
Records
63
Source
Mozambique | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
5.30353682 1960
5.29555991 1961
5.27956275 1962
5.25460467 1963
5.22310974 1964
5.19388598 1965
5.17163231 1966
5.15493465 1967
5.14424668 1968
5.14115178 1969
5.14450032 1970
5.15333118 1971
5.16453137 1972
5.17829012 1973
5.19599013 1974
5.21681506 1975
5.24403193 1976
5.27286411 1977
5.30297777 1978
5.34341162 1979
5.40049816 1980
5.45831929 1981
5.50198401 1982
5.53371782 1983
5.55359898 1984
5.56343656 1985
5.57325146 1986
5.58315695 1987
5.58021949 1988
5.56632938 1989
5.5450087 1990
5.52446064 1991
5.50664149 1992
5.48936116 1993
5.4730181 1994
5.45656256 1995
5.43537524 1996
5.41993887 1997
5.40524026 1998
5.37482777 1999
5.34029645 2000
5.32024984 2001
5.30683213 2002
5.2863297 2003
5.26186257 2004
5.23914159 2005
5.22123822 2006
5.20233692 2007
5.18296792 2008
5.16035759 2009
5.12324787 2010
5.0707202 2011
5.01515751 2012
4.97484352 2013
4.94632251 2014
4.9123717 2015
4.87375335 2016
4.85041728 2017
4.84958859 2018
4.86021624 2019
4.85674113 2020
4.81628867 2021
4.76410326 2022
Mozambique | 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
Republic of Mozambique
Records
63
Source