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

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