Tanzania | 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
United Republic of Tanzania
Records
63
Source
Tanzania | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
87.30581823 1960
87.21388736 1961
87.11902164 1962
87.25469719 1963
87.72263601 1964
88.3127526 1965
88.85387599 1966
89.35093487 1967
89.5801584 1968
89.59702884 1969
89.65674873 1970
89.76133037 1971
89.81339593 1972
89.91551405 1973
90.18166739 1974
90.51884863 1975
90.87190805 1976
91.25671916 1977
91.80116577 1978
92.55870453 1979
93.39229412 1980
94.11489889 1981
94.67511013 1982
94.94638952 1983
94.99658018 1984
94.77034982 1985
94.26111128 1986
93.58793177 1987
92.94790197 1988
92.29395958 1989
91.45794197 1990
90.62112688 1991
89.78320304 1992
89.11127876 1993
88.62846689 1994
87.95146907 1995
86.97515502 1996
86.19109183 1997
85.69214384 1998
85.27065505 1999
84.99244797 2000
84.78673276 2001
84.65892573 2002
84.63140259 2003
84.71427379 2004
84.94175063 2005
85.24908977 2006
85.55255688 2007
85.88227295 2008
86.2427835 2009
86.55512183 2010
86.68142704 2011
86.61123684 2012
86.47624391 2013
86.30631459 2014
86.10273333 2015
85.75926917 2016
85.23466731 2017
84.55223013 2018
83.71596452 2019
82.79539039 2020
81.85337875 2021
80.98279546 2022
Tanzania | 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
United Republic of Tanzania
Records
63
Source