Timor-Leste | 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
Timor-Leste
Records
63
Source
Timor-Leste | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 4.41374374
1961 4.30753527
1962 4.24223629
1963 4.21704831
1964 4.21645759
1965 4.24927655
1966 4.32201393
1967 4.41527564
1968 4.5118465
1969 4.59130069
1970 4.64509575
1971 4.67469389
1972 4.68198604
1973 4.67883177
1974 4.6713586
1975 4.57669891
1976 4.39949815
1977 4.22411239
1978 4.04282501
1979 3.85870635
1980 3.73913885
1981 3.75959574
1982 3.85787334
1983 3.94519682
1984 4.01291784
1985 4.05684526
1986 4.07064275
1987 4.05761543
1988 4.02206859
1989 3.96782288
1990 3.90753469
1991 3.95001611
1992 4.10340108
1993 4.28072152
1994 4.4823894
1995 4.70146505
1996 4.93084292
1997 5.16364419
1998 5.38712874
1999 5.58211666
2000 5.75748986
2001 5.93210093
2002 6.10771588
2003 6.3024209
2004 6.52979122
2005 6.7882335
2006 7.0870604
2007 7.43274347
2008 7.83995365
2009 8.34446406
2010 8.87866737
2011 9.2657908
2012 9.5067419
2013 9.69684513
2014 9.85000937
2015 9.88569848
2016 9.80639123
2017 9.69536996
2018 9.54703842
2019 9.3672984
2020 9.15432955
2021 8.89489382
2022 8.66565492

Timor-Leste | 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
Timor-Leste
Records
63
Source