Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | 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. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series are interpolated from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Records
53
Source
| year |
value
Min
Max
|
|---|---|
| 1960 | 85.29866312 |
| 1961 | 85.74734228 |
| 1962 | 86.22553025 |
| 1963 | 86.71612919 |
| 1964 | 87.19676526 |
| 1965 | 87.65209227 |
| 1966 | 88.07515393 |
| 1967 | 88.47161558 |
| 1968 | 88.85390704 |
| 1969 | 89.2379964 |
| 1970 | 89.63281682 |
| 1971 | 90.03812065 |
| 1972 | 90.44757357 |
| 1973 | 90.85294042 |
| 1974 | 91.24308191 |
| 1975 | 91.60980476 |
| 1976 | 91.9477544 |
| 1977 | 92.2583557 |
| 1978 | 92.54708277 |
| 1979 | 92.82099788 |
| 1980 | 93.08273325 |
| 1981 | 93.32982993 |
| 1982 | 93.55488317 |
| 1983 | 93.74915627 |
| 1984 | 93.90096958 |
| 1985 | 94.00029095 |
| 1986 | 94.0513914 |
| 1987 | 94.05407086 |
| 1988 | 93.98951814 |
| 1989 | 93.8341631 |
| 1990 | 93.57735882 |
| 1991 | 93.21490299 |
| 1992 | 92.76852429 |
| 1993 | 92.27582055 |
| 1994 | 91.77767281 |
| 1995 | 91.29970285 |
| 1996 | 90.84421658 |
| 1997 | 90.40286902 |
| 1998 | 89.97159537 |
| 1999 | 89.54266091 |
| 2000 | 89.11058152 |
| 2001 | 88.68473977 |
| 2002 | 88.27232646 |
| 2003 | 87.86007129 |
| 2004 | 87.4448401 |
| 2005 | 87.02262258 |
| 2006 | 86.59172964 |
| 2007 | 86.15234526 |
| 2008 | 85.7024958 |
| 2009 | 85.2416204 |
| 2010 | 84.75931213 |
| 2011 | 84.27189442 |
| 2012 |
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | 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. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series are interpolated from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Records
53
Source