South Africa | 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. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series are interpolated from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
53
Source
South Africa | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 7.00061568
1961 7.0756704
1962 7.15657615
1963 7.21930605
1964 7.23347205
1965 7.1819297
1966 7.0601935
1967 6.88389865
1968 6.68070431
1969 6.48552803
1970 6.3213727
1971 6.19385222
1972 6.09519365
1973 6.01749081
1974 5.9488057
1975 5.88127175
1976 5.81412518
1977 5.75082995
1978 5.69306639
1979 5.64349672
1980 5.60373471
1981 5.57383555
1982 5.55234323
1983 5.53737245
1984 5.52664877
1985 5.51853721
1986 5.51307731
1987 5.51067688
1988 5.51086261
1989 5.51319825
1990 5.51765748
1991 5.52414677
1992 5.53343929
1993 5.54736884
1994 5.56823699
1995 5.59763317
1996 5.63602531
1997 5.68330405
1998 5.73972909
1999 5.80531359
2000 5.87986655
2001 5.96353565
2002 6.05635386
2003 6.15785673
2004 6.26750117
2005 6.38510116
2006 6.51081409
2007 6.64505769
2008 6.78839912
2009 6.9417068
2010 7.10591523
2011 7.28092024
2012

South Africa | 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. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series are interpolated from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
53
Source