Trinidad and Tobago | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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
Records
63
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Trinidad and Tobago | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
81.61693319 1960
81.66178616 1961
81.73884519 1962
81.74600349 1963
81.59862937 1964
81.20331497 1965
80.60304848 1966
79.79601625 1967
78.69712922 1968
77.13541155 1969
74.88448686 1970
72.50059955 1971
70.55994141 1972
68.76164898 1973
66.80882548 1974
64.70039781 1975
62.57829542 1976
60.55667426 1977
58.81788638 1978
57.55335313 1979
56.80486058 1980
56.55151594 1981
56.69722554 1982
57.06076135 1983
57.48466634 1984
57.86576788 1985
58.04004258 1986
57.84478103 1987
57.33622227 1988
56.63643739 1989
55.76416486 1990
54.68562336 1991
53.39895923 1992
51.86544252 1993
50.06533328 1994
48.05201621 1995
45.87067892 1996
43.61878148 1997
41.41836258 1998
39.37278406 1999
37.45055822 2000
35.63766223 2001
34.02831972 2002
32.67287179 2003
31.56951766 2004
30.69431415 2005
30.02072679 2006
29.5071569 2007
29.14339979 2008
28.89153171 2009
28.73988849 2010
28.69081024 2011
28.70030914 2012
28.7310638 2013
28.74183997 2014
28.72476061 2015
28.68395203 2016
28.60241969 2017
28.2010842 2018
27.96793162 2019
27.97178776 2020
27.72893276 2021
27.42831343 2022
Trinidad and Tobago | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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