St. Kitts and Nevis | 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
St. Kitts and Nevis
Records
63
Source
St. Kitts and Nevis | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 10.22855274
1961 10.40479429
1962 10.66471603
1963 11.03037293
1964 11.47748389
1965 12.00685407
1966 12.61150805
1967 13.29639889
1968 14.07991925
1969 14.97046251
1970 15.53964596
1971 15.62107905
1972 15.63766613
1973 15.68690834
1974 15.78421578
1975 15.95968645
1976 16.22867272
1977 16.5662783
1978 16.96776169
1979 17.37782242
1980 17.56874347
1981 17.45354202
1982 17.25228691
1983 17.10772634
1984 17.02850831
1985 17.01041888
1986 16.99569351
1987 16.9734589
1988 16.98178216
1989 17.04955053
1990 17.16290287
1991 16.97882023
1992 16.37196558
1993 15.70144783
1994 15.091667
1995 14.52782595
1996 14.01014448
1997 13.55334708
1998 13.14015679
1999 12.78287024
2000 12.51094226
2001 12.23426142
2002 11.87302229
2003 11.5518326
2004 11.30562347
2005 11.11646741
2006 10.98733695
2007 10.91183214
2008 10.89589886
2009 10.9421365
2010 11.02412967
2011 10.90776433
2012 10.69666707
2013 10.61709238
2014 10.61724005
2015 10.7092324
2016 10.93474427
2017 11.31809367
2018 11.79707501
2019 12.35016239
2020 12.98932384
2021 13.68358387
2022 14.37729211
St. Kitts and Nevis | 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
St. Kitts and Nevis
Records
63
Source