South Africa | 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 South Africa
Records
63
Source
South Africa | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 84.61419234
1961 84.0447155
1962 83.74009608
1963 83.38695862
1964 83.24728711
1965 83.36899151
1966 83.52195788
1967 83.6615481
1968 83.75239298
1969 83.84323977
1970 83.95751633
1971 83.75488998
1972 83.15333713
1973 82.43406152
1974 81.76943008
1975 81.18828841
1976 80.69893803
1977 79.85942051
1978 78.62778235
1979 77.51419504
1980 76.55289106
1981 75.99216712
1982 75.69502015
1983 75.20028335
1984 74.5331449
1985 73.72644354
1986 72.9389215
1987 72.54853889
1988 72.61319332
1989 72.96412905
1990 73.48571742
1991 74.32668695
1992 75.33196488
1993 75.9483986
1994 75.89311997
1995 75.22420357
1996 74.13161117
1997 72.35456569
1998 70.04125188
1999 67.59505776
2000 65.00988122
2001 62.40665773
2002 59.91700014
2003 57.65755145
2004 55.75084366
2005 54.25697075
2006 53.0782357
2007 52.13827273
2008 51.5273935
2009 51.08837632
2010 50.66892771
2011 50.41246369
2012 50.45250521
2013 50.73014579
2014 50.92654436
2015 50.84676821
2016 51.36859786
2017 52.26129955
2018 52.75490591
2019 53.12835554
2020 53.23370637
2021 53.01069903
2022 52.5408424
South Africa | 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 South Africa
Records
63
Source