St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Records
63
Source
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 9.18591018
1961 9.15250809
1962 9.175299
1963 9.2368981
1964 9.33440766
1965 9.4551744
1966 9.60965928
1967 9.79676309
1968 10.00457875
1969 10.21846847
1970 10.45057013
1971 10.68816923
1972 10.90846892
1973 11.110878
1974 11.29930728
1975 11.47277153
1976 11.63889874
1977 11.80546174
1978 11.96490497
1979 12.11482504
1980 12.25284822
1981 12.29438789
1982 12.23084913
1983 12.14442202
1984 12.04976524
1985 11.95024211
1986 11.84082554
1987 11.73737242
1988 11.65918558
1989 11.58701461
1990 11.50198255
1991 11.47869989
1992 11.53893753
1993 11.60064796
1994 11.62709867
1995 11.63767964
1996 11.62164163
1997 11.57127778
1998 11.5202418
1999 11.48467461
2000 11.46592585
2001 11.46973817
2002 11.54276647
2003 11.67358581
2004 11.82521454
2005 11.99302224
2006 12.15755108
2007 12.32003809
2008 12.49633528
2009 12.69162756
2010 12.90066888
2011 13.14152951
2012 13.40581225
2013 13.67855945
2014 13.96023779
2015 14.26403002
2016 14.61060948
2017 14.95910339
2018 15.30467576
2019 15.6448654
2020 15.92114266
2021 16.07900261
2022 16.14740608
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 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 Vincent and the Grenadines
Records
63
Source