Thailand | 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. 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
Kingdom of Thailand
Records
63
Source
Thailand | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 88.89149773
1961 90.01408741
1962 91.05932822
1963 92.02908588
1964 92.74227729
1965 93.08476747
1966 93.18016176
1967 93.06434768
1968 92.70735202
1969 92.10454018
1970 91.24892718
1971 90.180426
1972 88.91488685
1973 87.42521602
1974 85.7492161
1975 83.92190468
1976 81.95974245
1977 79.78336684
1978 77.42454376
1979 75.03176941
1980 72.67466879
1981 70.37108338
1982 68.06351586
1983 65.71683567
1984 63.40712785
1985 61.20380177
1986 59.13625255
1987 57.19721504
1988 55.38254646
1989 53.77396537
1990 52.10977624
1991 50.53815103
1992 49.23304452
1993 48.08889319
1994 47.18686916
1995 46.47209662
1996 45.8326918
1997 45.1754809
1998 44.54985735
1999 43.91680238
2000 43.17743112
2001 42.41997114
2002 41.78331382
2003 41.27356272
2004 40.9098532
2005 40.63162335
2006 40.31229144
2007 39.96382085
2008 39.65321993
2009 39.40145175
2010 39.14957898
2011 38.91094449
2012 38.80456668
2013 38.90117025
2014 39.1920575
2015 39.59902574
2016 40.05688679
2017 40.58217328
2018 41.20678134
2019 41.91309591
2020 42.68661664
2021 43.49663239
2022 44.36699829

Thailand | 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. 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
Kingdom of Thailand
Records
63
Source