Turks and Caicos Islands | 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
Turks and Caicos Islands
Records
63
Source
Turks and Caicos Islands | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 102.74963821
1961 102.12001437
1962 101.43010368
1963 100.64102564
1964 100.21291696
1965 100.71047957
1966 101.78507676
1967 103.30341113
1968 105.1393413
1969 107.32332479
1970 109.50443787
1971 107.89283128
1972 103.94327222
1973 101.16009281
1974 99.20306025
1975 97.94415465
1976 96.29084486
1977 94.49152542
1978 92.7622662
1979 90.54054054
1980 86.72892603
1981 81.79118117
1982 76.71319797
1983 72.06286837
1984 67.93697325
1985 64.24283999
1986 61.23042144
1987 58.9727912
1988 56.98113208
1989 55.02623585
1990 53.41981132
1991 52.32270818
1992 51.37241219
1993 50.3455842
1994 49.41896659
1995 48.66115377
1996 47.99176107
1997 47.50803859
1998 47.13212701
1999 46.77221905
2000 46.39175258
2001 45.93023256
2002 45.18925777
2003 44.28220615
2004 43.49626655
2005 42.79338253
2006 42.3360145
2007 42.1759134
2008 42.13445291
2009 41.93276059
2010 41.51868603
2011 40.72704023
2012 39.6265831
2013 38.52624634
2014 37.69433621
2015 37.06204516
2016 36.61725308
2017 36.46607528
2018 36.45692859
2019 36.48143455
2020 36.58799938
2021 36.7908796
2022 37.02293509
Turks and Caicos Islands | 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
Turks and Caicos Islands
Records
63
Source