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

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