Myanmar | 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 the Union of Myanmar
Records
63
Source
Myanmar | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.15547547
1961 6.24618949
1962 6.33248368
1963 6.41701508
1964 6.49311885
1965 6.56264131
1966 6.63710004
1967 6.7160031
1968 6.79427842
1969 6.86319246
1970 6.91925701
1971 6.96836555
1972 7.01014342
1973 7.05056044
1974 7.09259638
1975 7.13054075
1976 7.16452316
1977 7.18825973
1978 7.20438829
1979 7.22746461
1980 7.25864304
1981 7.29926629
1982 7.3540587
1983 7.4027356
1984 7.43308288
1985 7.45317336
1986 7.46548828
1987 7.46907243
1988 7.4662048
1989 7.47127423
1990 7.48895079
1991 7.51837107
1992 7.55794176
1993 7.60077067
1994 7.64174201
1995 7.67852263
1996 7.71600718
1997 7.75158139
1998 7.77898602
1999 7.79519899
2000 7.80244193
2001 7.80798423
2002 7.81438252
2003 7.81999425
2004 7.81854957
2005 7.80960964
2006 7.79778006
2007 7.78757573
2008 7.76763403
2009 7.75920837
2010 7.77882401
2011 7.81014514
2012 7.85141584
2013 7.90826284
2014 8.03231878
2015 8.22110064
2016 8.42631259
2017 8.6463971
2018 8.89090484
2019 9.15951442
2020 9.43283029
2021 9.67760303
2022 9.94350863

Myanmar | 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 the Union of Myanmar
Records
63
Source