St. Lucia | 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
Saint Lucia
Records
63
Source
St. Lucia | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
92.9335672 1960
95.22337674 1961
97.48173821 1962
99.65770708 1963
101.73306423 1964
103.67521368 1965
105.38247961 1966
106.79091641 1967
107.85149908 1968
108.4703559 1969
107.49152042 1970
105.19440571 1971
102.89313953 1972
100.58917321 1973
98.37575574 1974
96.42467804 1975
94.71911529 1976
93.13833992 1977
91.62982005 1978
90.14192815 1979
88.60415105 1980
86.88207502 1981
85.09820864 1982
83.51785553 1983
82.18064782 1984
80.95231249 1985
79.67892619 1986
78.36084093 1987
77.03200724 1988
75.64141581 1989
73.95260345 1990
71.9876247 1991
69.52204438 1992
66.70438304 1993
64.09763108 1994
61.72592392 1995
59.54253354 1996
57.48173996 1997
55.53169321 1998
53.78373298 1999
52.0995542 2000
50.20229843 2001
48.19511713 2002
46.29364265 2003
44.52463251 2004
42.84462263 2005
41.21592523 2006
39.64692206 2007
38.18301164 2008
36.84748606 2009
35.33109483 2010
33.69756756 2011
32.30775619 2012
31.12652272 2013
30.05483513 2014
29.03326528 2015
28.10861334 2016
27.34216166 2017
26.70115059 2018
26.12547782 2019
25.61439146 2020
25.18854042 2021
24.80257475 2022
St. Lucia | 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
Saint Lucia
Records
63
Source