St. Kitts and Nevis | 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
St. Kitts and Nevis
Records
63
Source
St. Kitts and Nevis | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
95.65059409 1960
96.39324975 1961
97.16782954 1962
98.08535179 1963
99.07484284 1964
100.21214965 1965
101.66997844 1966
103.34168755 1967
105.08785613 1968
106.60871236 1969
104.97229441 1970
99.52707268 1971
93.69403337 1972
88.61232972 1973
84.27027518 1974
80.63157895 1975
77.611345 1976
75.13739283 1977
73.15952933 1978
71.62947111 1979
69.93995823 1980
67.74457811 1981
65.67495939 1982
64.13801906 1983
63.02842333 1984
62.21135445 1985
61.61258688 1986
61.18150685 1987
60.98023171 1988
60.96755982 1989
61.03047577 1990
60.43234728 1991
58.73613906 1992
56.73572974 1993
54.89093043 1994
53.18067161 1995
51.59083923 1996
50.16688543 1997
48.8863653 1998
47.71913492 1999
46.67180223 2000
45.44644082 2001
43.86655894 2002
42.18124027 2003
40.54441728 2004
39.0474354 2005
37.7765083 2006
36.76225775 2007
35.94805842 2008
35.21575173 2009
34.4999079 2010
33.74171581 2011
32.87209722 2012
31.92289329 2013
30.98942128 2014
30.16743309 2015
29.53850676 2016
29.08562026 2017
28.74966895 2018
28.51786242 2019
28.29478055 2020
28.01905045 2021
27.7169862 2022

St. Kitts and Nevis | 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
St. Kitts and Nevis
Records
63
Source