Turkmenistan | 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
Turkmenistan
Records
63
Source
Turkmenistan | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 9.13852652
1961 9.04927028
1962 8.96998368
1963 8.90549143
1964 8.84773057
1965 8.79402061
1966 8.77261204
1967 8.78955998
1968 8.81611637
1969 8.82291786
1970 8.80722223
1971 8.76190558
1972 8.68101951
1973 8.58472045
1974 8.50063092
1975 8.42860049
1976 8.36719546
1977 8.32455223
1978 8.27941939
1979 8.18927246
1980 8.04789435
1981 7.86124166
1982 7.62749714
1983 7.37920973
1984 7.15750605
1985 6.97497176
1986 6.82446563
1987 6.70674588
1988 6.62589417
1989 6.58218697
1990 6.58234337
1991 6.63151633
1992 6.71273876
1993 6.80940591
1994 6.90641904
1995 6.98118966
1996 7.03809516
1997 7.06027022
1998 7.03291876
1999 6.98999301
2000 6.95603496
2001 6.93988064
2002 6.94054156
2003 6.95493402
2004 6.95632622
2005 6.91296362
2006 6.81941167
2007 6.6646808
2008 6.45067992
2009 6.22119462
2010 6.03037788
2011 5.91284207
2012 5.87438303
2013 5.90654978
2014 5.99401344
2015 6.13114528
2016 6.31784166
2017 6.54157454
2018 6.78944391
2019 7.06526091
2020 7.36247915
2021 7.69426757
2022 8.07687982

Turkmenistan | 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
Turkmenistan
Records
63
Source