St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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 Vincent and the Grenadines
Records
63
Source
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
114.45939746 1960
116.59081715 1961
118.14292148 1962
119.32498639 1963
119.87498779 1964
119.79196695 1965
119.64226643 1966
119.4726072 1967
119.22619048 1968
118.75 1969
118.00066423 1970
116.98224079 1971
115.61010028 1972
113.83405014 1973
111.61997163 1974
108.97423002 1975
106.20938202 1976
103.60899353 1977
101.31701124 1978
99.36208312 1979
97.50091878 1980
94.92117827 1981
91.8590116 1982
89.2114751 1983
87.00611896 1984
85.1828352 1985
83.61769118 1986
82.23171487 1987
80.96037718 1988
79.71072463 1989
78.40919905 1990
76.82779598 1991
75.15237771 1992
73.6383642 1993
72.19107491 1994
70.74279562 1995
69.1806676 1996
67.53063977 1997
65.89409747 1998
64.34791384 1999
62.9788209 2000
61.79791278 2001
60.73872572 2002
59.71645627 2003
58.67656798 2004
57.622779 2005
56.46563224 2006
55.20839169 2007
54.01024725 2008
52.94142219 2009
52.00456119 2010
51.23054021 2011
50.64743188 2012
50.22089252 2013
49.89484605 2014
49.65636463 2015
49.49633183 2016
49.36320154 2017
49.26418465 2018
49.21569464 2019
49.14899076 2020
48.99533011 2021
48.76422182 2022
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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 Vincent and the Grenadines
Records
63
Source