Thailand | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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, old (% of working-age population)
5.47453011 1960
5.51335634 1961
5.56905218 1962
5.62488334 1963
5.67031521 1964
5.70353946 1965
5.72870483 1966
5.74375003 1967
5.74863423 1968
5.75154237 1969
5.75692927 1970
5.76859316 1971
5.78314674 1972
5.79604101 1973
5.80993741 1974
5.82427046 1975
5.84167117 1976
5.85226434 1977
5.85173892 1978
5.8483015 1979
5.84621202 1980
5.85020316 1981
5.85971292 1982
5.87368976 1983
5.90130921 1984
5.95034382 1985
6.02030211 1986
6.11092731 1987
6.21905006 1988
6.34915117 1989
6.4708888 1990
6.5922103 1991
6.74392707 1992
6.91759414 1993
7.11034757 1994
7.31235609 1995
7.52267177 1996
7.76479524 1997
8.06166799 1998
8.3945384 1999
8.73468422 2000
9.07162159 2001
9.40966909 2002
9.76421538 2003
10.16775136 2004
10.60886637 2005
11.00930028 2006
11.33311698 2007
11.62365209 2008
11.93430029 2009
12.3087693 2010
12.75558828 2011
13.27274429 2012
13.87869767 2013
14.56249617 2014
15.30535779 2015
16.0885856 2016
16.91294618 2017
17.7959988 2018
18.74437658 2019
19.76261878 2020
20.82362391 2021
21.96159063 2022
Thailand | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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