St. Kitts and Nevis | 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
St. Kitts and Nevis
Records
63
Source
St. Kitts and Nevis | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
105.87914683 1960
106.79804405 1961
107.83254558 1962
109.11572472 1963
110.55232673 1964
112.21900371 1965
114.28148649 1966
116.63808644 1967
119.16777538 1968
121.57917487 1969
120.51194037 1970
115.14815172 1971
109.3316995 1972
104.29923805 1973
100.05449096 1974
96.5912654 1975
93.84001773 1976
91.70367114 1977
90.12729102 1978
89.00729353 1979
87.50870171 1980
85.19812012 1981
82.9272463 1982
81.24574541 1983
80.05693164 1984
79.22177334 1985
78.60828039 1986
78.15496575 1987
77.96201387 1988
78.01711035 1989
78.19337865 1990
77.41116751 1991
75.10810464 1992
72.43717757 1993
69.98259743 1994
67.70849756 1995
65.60098371 1996
63.72023251 1997
62.02652209 1998
60.50200516 1999
59.18274449 2000
57.68070224 2001
55.73958123 2002
53.73307287 2003
51.85004075 2004
50.16390282 2005
48.76384525 2006
47.6740899 2007
46.84395728 2008
46.15788823 2009
45.52403758 2010
44.64948015 2011
43.56876429 2012
42.53998568 2013
41.60666133 2014
40.87666549 2015
40.47325103 2016
40.40371393 2017
40.54674396 2018
40.8680248 2019
41.28410439 2020
41.70263432 2021
42.0942783 2022
St. Kitts and Nevis | 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
St. Kitts and Nevis
Records
63
Source