Tunisia | 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
Tunisian Republic
Records
63
Source
Tunisia | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.00656769
1961 5.81288023
1962 5.64737013
1963 5.52472418
1964 5.42923057
1965 5.36278012
1966 5.39434819
1967 5.4914301
1968 5.5753031
1969 5.65281673
1970 5.72852422
1971 5.79477803
1972 5.85746664
1973 5.92796866
1974 6.00656465
1975 6.09033699
1976 6.22826396
1977 6.42382967
1978 6.61351896
1979 6.78043609
1980 6.92570252
1981 7.04857486
1982 7.15870294
1983 7.24365395
1984 7.26331875
1985 7.28393617
1986 7.35067671
1987 7.42459759
1988 7.49706015
1989 7.55711618
1990 7.61371932
1991 7.67855453
1992 7.74554171
1993 7.81778041
1994 7.89248642
1995 7.97143942
1996 8.06491218
1997 8.17269753
1998 8.28335373
1999 8.37932492
2000 8.45904633
2001 8.52182106
2002 8.57195114
2003 8.62674861
2004 8.70454191
2005 8.8326549
2006 8.99925066
2007 9.17761725
2008 9.37013698
2009 9.57587634
2010 9.7964678
2011 9.98989466
2012 10.19100409
2013 10.42630696
2014 10.68481459
2015 10.98979428
2016 11.32151613
2017 11.68132794
2018 12.07231116
2019 12.49319808
2020 12.90552583
2021 13.27270994
2022 13.63930264
Tunisia | 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
Tunisian Republic
Records
63
Source