Tuvalu | 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
Tuvalu
Records
63
Source
Tuvalu | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 83.93464942
1961 89.07826087
1962 94.0070922
1963 98.02087082
1964 98.34888729
1965 96.00706714
1966 94.53723034
1967 93.93212204
1968 93.67816092
1969 92.50499667
1970 90.37328094
1971 88.11053985
1972 86.24723364
1973 84.65608466
1974 82.66467066
1975 80.25423729
1976 77.67429484
1977 74.77477477
1978 71.57300729
1979 68.91075822
1980 67.26525314
1981 66.11814346
1982 65.1446281
1983 64.48009748
1984 64.26853707
1985 64.81298239
1986 66.03478601
1987 67.47197526
1988 69.16602907
1989 71.06810852
1990 73.08199811
1991 75.22007867
1992 77.16638593
1993 78.22097378
1994 78.53940979
1995 78.45838764
1996 77.91558682
1997 76.79456582
1998 75.45073757
1999 74.20928972
2000 73.09626437
2001 71.98784412
2002 71.34450785
2003 70.54154172
2004 69.24805532
2005 67.95458397
2006 66.5393557
2007 64.96018203
2008 63.41075406
2009 62.01743462
2010 60.94584287
2011 60.26063511
2012 60.01769129
2013 59.77465613
2014 59.29552762
2015 58.99722263
2016 58.70137467
2017 58.72178247
2018 59.13285484
2019 59.63864199
2020 60.25770957
2021 60.90765475
2022 61.62308901
Tuvalu | 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
Tuvalu
Records
63
Source