Timor-Leste | 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
Timor-Leste
Records
63
Source
Timor-Leste | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 74.67539972
1961 73.45193394
1962 72.28590983
1963 71.43186261
1964 70.66019769
1965 70.56158477
1966 71.29962401
1967 72.02414287
1968 72.69861266
1969 73.27328761
1970 73.71949441
1971 74.02488397
1972 74.17564578
1973 74.19528985
1974 74.11820389
1975 74.2763966
1976 74.63077329
1977 74.71626254
1978 74.31943789
1979 73.44607597
1980 72.54875093
1981 72.04098776
1982 71.7875967
1983 71.6257776
1984 71.66845229
1985 72.02602676
1986 72.7621792
1987 73.99733508
1988 75.8021514
1989 77.79014209
1990 79.37181322
1991 80.36757256
1992 81.17498289
1993 82.11651917
1994 83.09649875
1995 83.9683994
1996 84.64150935
1997 85.13383282
1998 85.46296959
1999 85.63836623
2000 85.81528476
2001 86.15356714
2002 86.61213789
2003 87.11409938
2004 87.47490562
2005 87.4782168
2006 87.25187663
2007 86.94850008
2008 86.51736828
2009 86.04285722
2010 85.77699647
2011 85.5151699
2012 84.84399955
2013 83.64086227
2014 82.00880527
2015 80.28302522
2016 78.51512673
2017 76.62021614
2018 74.62034093
2019 72.53451191
2020 70.40743294
2021 68.29194648
2022 66.44053453

Timor-Leste | 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
Timor-Leste
Records
63
Source