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