Trinidad and Tobago | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
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63
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Trinidad and Tobago | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 5.71324946
1961 5.83385173
1962 6.03351503
1963 6.25367817
1964 6.49216665
1965 6.74369739
1966 7.01095113
1967 7.28977634
1968 7.56180889
1969 7.802756
1970 7.88298612
1971 7.83850208
1972 7.79435481
1973 7.74627061
1974 7.72288091
1975 7.70940747
1976 7.67757594
1977 7.64183143
1978 7.630961
1979 7.65011577
1980 7.68187446
1981 7.72084933
1982 7.77204503
1983 7.83294853
1984 7.89086513
1985 7.93223721
1986 7.9674364
1987 7.99460239
1988 8.00682291
1989 8.01575994
1990 8.02321055
1991 8.03287969
1992 8.02893768
1993 8.0070029
1994 7.97236086
1995 7.93231643
1996 7.89408371
1997 7.84220226
1998 7.79785772
1999 7.75400062
2000 7.70986744
2001 7.69627789
2002 7.72446986
2003 7.77746648
2004 7.86653937
2005 8.00996104
2006 8.18321883
2007 8.38953474
2008 8.63307004
2009 8.94075499
2010 9.30679869
2011 9.71256363
2012 10.17555885
2013 10.69359687
2014 11.26344885
2015 11.88562635
2016 12.54101717
2017 13.20376524
2018 13.73478611
2019 14.42074664
2020 15.29260665
2021 15.94915347
2022 16.58387693
Trinidad and Tobago | 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
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Records
63
Source