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