St. Lucia | 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
Saint Lucia
Records
63
Source
St. Lucia | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 7.93027845
1961 8.11960191
1962 8.32912892
1963 8.5419638
1964 8.75307125
1965 8.95682665
1966 9.14059596
1967 9.31873108
1968 9.48803983
1969 9.63164899
1970 9.69094318
1971 9.67927159
1972 9.66176823
1973 9.63482928
1974 9.61090158
1975 9.58962325
1976 9.5657499
1977 9.5599473
1978 9.5646958
1979 9.56552266
1980 9.55328924
1981 9.56812633
1982 9.61410872
1983 9.68741539
1984 9.79072365
1985 9.89835674
1986 9.99803022
1987 10.07632326
1988 10.15159901
1989 10.21104863
1990 10.22481654
1991 10.19068064
1992 10.19736842
1993 10.2775131
1994 10.39706087
1995 10.55887276
1996 10.7564345
1997 10.98094887
1998 11.23243105
1999 11.49323252
2000 11.73654909
2001 11.83319712
2002 11.73272709
2003 11.57220038
2004 11.43597827
2005 11.35424922
2006 11.31992486
2007 11.31507565
2008 11.34952455
2009 11.42674892
2010 11.46100801
2011 11.4438683
2012 11.45822953
2013 11.49476169
2014 11.53157677
2015 11.57199472
2016 11.62809119
2017 11.72591901
2018 11.87436219
2019 12.06029373
2020 12.29706231
2021 12.50038321
2022 12.69255174

St. Lucia | 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
Saint Lucia
Records
63
Source