St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 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 Vincent and the Grenadines
Records
63
Source
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 105.27348728
1961 107.43830906
1962 108.96762248
1963 110.08808829
1964 110.54058013
1965 110.33679254
1966 110.03260715
1967 109.67584411
1968 109.22161172
1969 108.53153153
1970 107.5500941
1971 106.29407156
1972 104.70163135
1973 102.72317214
1974 100.32066435
1975 97.50145849
1976 94.57048328
1977 91.8035318
1978 89.35210627
1979 87.24725808
1980 85.24807056
1981 82.62679038
1982 79.62816247
1983 77.06705308
1984 74.95635371
1985 73.23259309
1986 71.77686563
1987 70.49434245
1988 69.30119159
1989 68.12371002
1990 66.90721649
1991 65.3490961
1992 63.61344018
1993 62.03771624
1994 60.56397624
1995 59.10511597
1996 57.55902598
1997 55.95936199
1998 54.37385568
1999 52.86323924
2000 51.51289505
2001 50.32817461
2002 49.19595925
2003 48.04287046
2004 46.85135345
2005 45.62975676
2006 44.30808116
2007 42.88835359
2008 41.51391196
2009 40.24979462
2010 39.10389231
2011 38.0890107
2012 37.24161963
2013 36.54233307
2014 35.93460827
2015 35.39233461
2016 34.88572235
2017 34.40409815
2018 33.95950889
2019 33.57082924
2020 33.2278481
2021 32.91632749
2022 32.61681574

St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 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 Vincent and the Grenadines
Records
63
Source