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

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