Mozambique | 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
Republic of Mozambique
Records
63
Source
Mozambique | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 76.31944294
1961 77.0582853
1962 77.95645652
1963 78.71057624
1964 79.35054652
1965 80.10705565
1966 80.91495448
1967 81.62531599
1968 82.23474909
1969 82.75020137
1970 83.16489234
1971 83.47307134
1972 83.76716878
1973 84.08484707
1974 84.3420731
1975 84.52937285
1976 84.73319555
1977 85.10777872
1978 85.69300605
1979 86.39586618
1980 86.94625421
1981 87.14467562
1982 87.08739206
1983 86.86677064
1984 86.64234332
1985 86.3872124
1986 86.07091658
1987 85.77853645
1988 85.30612034
1989 84.67908271
1990 84.06261981
1991 83.47242773
1992 82.98583273
1993 82.6524231
1994 82.4397875
1995 82.27115836
1996 82.17362739
1997 82.42997608
1998 82.95497182
1999 83.48199537
2000 83.99482774
2001 84.45100251
2002 84.83695848
2003 85.22006118
2004 85.56605105
2005 85.87361231
2006 86.18042946
2007 86.43548571
2008 86.76364762
2009 87.19947126
2010 87.53939365
2011 87.65000784
2012 87.48604348
2013 87.09578465
2014 86.48822373
2015 85.71582066
2016 84.8021276
2017 83.93360936
2018 83.24459595
2019 82.60505679
2020 81.93205165
2021 81.30751841
2022 80.72835181
Mozambique | 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
Republic of Mozambique
Records
63
Source