Tuvalu | 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
Tuvalu
Records
63
Source
Tuvalu | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 7.52212389
1961 8.20869565
1962 9.36170213
1963 10.61532926
1964 11.05527638
1965 10.67137809
1966 10.29923452
1967 9.94172095
1968 9.49966193
1969 9.19387075
1970 9.00458415
1971 8.7403599
1972 8.59943092
1973 8.59010271
1974 8.44311377
1975 8.13559322
1976 7.92974987
1977 7.68268268
1978 7.38302375
1979 7.17960188
1980 7.16140199
1981 7.23628692
1982 7.3553719
1983 7.57514216
1984 7.89579158
1985 8.15357214
1986 8.40336134
1987 8.6393506
1988 8.91354246
1989 9.22026181
1990 9.55702168
1991 9.98314291
1992 10.3874228
1993 10.65543071
1994 10.81434442
1995 10.92906349
1996 11.0144391
1997 10.97852029
1998 10.79949007
1999 10.60907284
2000 10.3987069
2001 10.02860207
2002 9.7360913
2003 9.63132828
2004 9.59377701
2005 9.62548721
2006 9.61474593
2007 9.49130505
2008 9.22685332
2009 8.93524284
2010 8.69565217
2011 8.49310965
2012 8.44758956
2013 8.53087504
2014 8.6378252
2015 8.71217658
2016 8.68675051
2017 8.76575784
2018 9.02299692
2019 9.29622614
2020 9.61343564
2021 10.01005314
2022 10.40148593
Tuvalu | 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
Tuvalu
Records
63
Source