Thailand | 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
Kingdom of Thailand
Records
63
Source
Thailand | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
83.41696762 1960
84.50073107 1961
85.49027604 1962
86.40420254 1963
87.07196208 1964
87.38122801 1965
87.45145693 1966
87.32059765 1967
86.95871779 1968
86.35299781 1969
85.49199791 1970
84.41183283 1971
83.13174011 1972
81.62917501 1973
79.93927869 1974
78.09763422 1975
76.11807128 1976
73.9311025 1977
71.57280484 1978
69.18346792 1979
66.82845676 1980
64.52088022 1981
62.20380294 1982
59.84314591 1983
57.50581864 1984
55.25345795 1985
53.11595044 1986
51.08628773 1987
49.1634964 1988
47.42481419 1989
45.63888744 1990
43.94594073 1991
42.48911745 1992
41.17129905 1993
40.07652159 1994
39.15974054 1995
38.31002003 1996
37.41068566 1997
36.48818936 1998
35.52226398 1999
34.4427469 2000
33.34834955 2001
32.37364473 2002
31.50934734 2003
30.74210184 2004
30.02275698 2005
29.30299116 2006
28.63070387 2007
28.02956785 2008
27.46715146 2009
26.84080968 2010
26.15535621 2011
25.5318224 2012
25.02247258 2013
24.62956133 2014
24.29366795 2015
23.96830118 2016
23.6692271 2017
23.41078254 2018
23.16871933 2019
22.92399786 2020
22.67300848 2021
22.40540766 2022
Thailand | 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
Kingdom of Thailand
Records
63
Source