Tunisia | 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
Tunisian Republic
Records
63
Source
Tunisia | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 87.95716219
1961 88.53436344
1962 89.33689212
1963 90.46502315
1964 91.6781405
1965 92.78042544
1966 94.00201978
1967 95.05184621
1968 95.50078813
1969 95.45217762
1970 95.04975747
1971 94.28553004
1972 93.29952381
1973 92.27960597
1974 91.27972476
1975 90.32134831
1976 89.39429894
1977 88.45683453
1978 87.42664597
1979 86.2919511
1980 85.05810569
1981 83.8231887
1982 82.68706503
1983 81.60983007
1984 80.57226704
1985 79.66438548
1986 78.88657976
1987 78.02803393
1988 76.92376509
1989 75.51504051
1990 73.90165641
1991 72.17888779
1992 70.38848398
1993 68.61935398
1994 66.85536382
1995 65.10233871
1996 63.30471367
1997 61.40468434
1998 59.43520896
1999 57.36955724
2000 55.26101945
2001 53.18081136
2002 51.21028161
2003 49.4679735
2004 48.0192789
2005 46.88091983
2006 45.96385447
2007 45.19895219
2008 44.61354691
2009 44.23172238
2010 44.0933762
2011 44.05921971
2012 44.2900531
2013 44.87649461
2014 45.63111089
2015 46.51038002
2016 47.41331211
2017 48.31137166
2018 49.14168524
2019 49.86680995
2020 50.44055768
2021 50.86682681
2022 51.19668917
Tunisia | 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
Tunisian Republic
Records
63
Source