Myanmar | 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 the Union of Myanmar
Records
63
Source
Myanmar | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 76.85369621
1961 78.02266633
1962 79.12881337
1963 80.1682882
1964 80.79780592
1965 81.04358173
1966 81.22262534
1967 81.31290487
1968 81.30348749
1969 81.18949216
1970 80.98149889
1971 80.72303189
1972 80.40910453
1973 80.14832329
1974 79.94026977
1975 79.67275626
1976 79.37177682
1977 78.98186126
1978 78.49175426
1979 77.97326121
1980 77.39911665
1981 76.78750913
1982 76.23210628
1983 75.5953948
1984 74.83407853
1985 74.00912145
1986 73.07668017
1987 72.04282994
1988 70.9247679
1989 69.8283195
1990 68.80726777
1991 67.83992308
1992 66.89745659
1993 65.94019184
1994 64.932995
1995 63.87743489
1996 62.8043952
1997 61.67950458
1998 60.47619588
1999 59.24357524
2000 58.08876527
2001 57.10242216
2002 56.30207998
2003 55.61793006
2004 54.91896301
2005 54.16705323
2006 53.39934495
2007 52.64171402
2008 51.82592932
2009 51.02653619
2010 50.31847615
2011 49.61618775
2012 48.92967241
2013 48.29433796
2014 47.79662869
2015 47.43457463
2016 47.10769707
2017 46.77819637
2018 46.4938411
2019 46.29790951
2020 46.1513276
2021 46.00681431
2022 45.89245413

Myanmar | 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 the Union of Myanmar
Records
63
Source