Trinidad and Tobago | 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
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Records
63
Source
Trinidad and Tobago | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 87.33018265
1961 87.49563789
1962 87.77236022
1963 87.99968166
1964 88.09079602
1965 87.94701236
1966 87.61399961
1967 87.08579259
1968 86.25893811
1969 84.93816755
1970 82.76747298
1971 80.33910163
1972 78.35429622
1973 76.50791959
1974 74.53170639
1975 72.40980528
1976 70.25587136
1977 68.19850569
1978 66.44884738
1979 65.2034689
1980 64.48673505
1981 64.27236526
1982 64.46927057
1983 64.89370988
1984 65.37553148
1985 65.79800509
1986 66.00747898
1987 65.83938342
1988 65.34304518
1989 64.65219733
1990 63.78737542
1991 62.71850305
1992 61.42789691
1993 59.87244542
1994 58.03769415
1995 55.98433264
1996 53.76476263
1997 51.46098375
1998 49.2162203
1999 47.12678467
2000 45.16042565
2001 43.33394012
2002 41.75278958
2003 40.45033827
2004 39.43605703
2005 38.70427518
2006 38.20394562
2007 37.89669164
2008 37.77646983
2009 37.8322867
2010 38.04668718
2011 38.40337388
2012 38.87586799
2013 39.42466066
2014 40.00528882
2015 40.61038696
2016 41.2249692
2017 41.80618493
2018 41.93587031
2019 42.38867827
2020 43.26439441
2021 43.67808623
2022 44.01219036
Trinidad and Tobago | 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
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Records
63
Source