Togo | 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
Togolese Republic
Records
63
Source
Togo | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.5899966
1961 6.45318081
1962 6.32050286
1963 6.1947454
1964 6.08032895
1965 5.97867229
1966 5.88663268
1967 5.8072581
1968 5.74132398
1969 5.68812046
1970 5.64712802
1971 5.61729209
1972 5.59744584
1973 5.58736153
1974 5.58686049
1975 5.5950814
1976 5.61170514
1977 5.63404528
1978 5.65663401
1979 5.6762159
1980 5.69159156
1981 5.70304838
1982 5.71129457
1983 5.71621183
1984 5.71739893
1985 5.7150489
1986 5.70875169
1987 5.69792587
1988 5.68352583
1989 5.66498843
1990 5.64013851
1991 5.60866266
1992 5.57231393
1993 5.53056949
1994 5.48266321
1995 5.43522116
1996 5.38733302
1997 5.33507478
1998 5.27825204
1999 5.22293226
2000 5.17358036
2001 5.13312586
2002 5.10241115
2003 5.07798388
2004 5.0530411
2005 5.029875
2006 5.00517223
2007 4.98413175
2008 4.97230832
2009 4.97038664
2010 4.98133222
2011 5.00812557
2012 5.04805289
2013 5.09406863
2014 5.13707873
2015 5.17876663
2016 5.22499719
2017 5.2724329
2018 5.32013336
2019 5.3689938
2020 5.41802867
2021 5.46442821
2022 5.5087983

Togo | 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
Togolese Republic
Records
63
Source