Myanmar | 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 the Union of Myanmar
Records
63
Source
Myanmar | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 70.69822074
1961 71.77647684
1962 72.79632969
1963 73.75127311
1964 74.30468707
1965 74.48094042
1966 74.58552531
1967 74.59690176
1968 74.50920906
1969 74.3262997
1970 74.06224188
1971 73.75466634
1972 73.39896112
1973 73.09776286
1974 72.84767339
1975 72.54221552
1976 72.20725366
1977 71.79360153
1978 71.28736597
1979 70.7457966
1980 70.1404736
1981 69.48824284
1982 68.87804758
1983 68.1926592
1984 67.40099565
1985 66.55594809
1986 65.6111919
1987 64.5737575
1988 63.4585631
1989 62.35704527
1990 61.31831698
1991 60.321552
1992 59.33951483
1993 58.33942116
1994 57.29125299
1995 56.19891225
1996 55.08838802
1997 53.9279232
1998 52.69720986
1999 51.44837625
2000 50.28632334
2001 49.29443793
2002 48.48769746
2003 47.7979358
2004 47.10041343
2005 46.35744359
2006 45.60156489
2007 44.85413829
2008 44.05829529
2009 43.26732782
2010 42.53965213
2011 41.80604262
2012 41.07825656
2013 40.38607512
2014 39.76430991
2015 39.21347398
2016 38.68138448
2017 38.13179927
2018 37.60293626
2019 37.13839509
2020 36.71849731
2021 36.32921128
2022 35.9489455

Myanmar | 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 the Union of Myanmar
Records
63
Source