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