United Arab Emirates | 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
United Arab Emirates
Records
63
Source
United Arab Emirates | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
69.10003422 1960
66.72145881 1961
64.76238961 1962
63.19498581 1963
61.97955964 1964
61.10812414 1965
60.58441044 1966
60.3733588 1967
58.50358815 1968
54.71767272 1969
50.89448427 1970
47.65939756 1971
45.10328913 1972
43.16897367 1973
41.81721741 1974
41.00725025 1975
40.04072317 1976
39.16750833 1977
38.98917404 1978
39.33328221 1979
39.94107297 1980
41.25462373 1981
43.03704602 1982
44.5575919 1983
45.86714296 1984
46.9235783 1985
47.72819628 1986
47.85494742 1987
47.10290417 1988
45.83942069 1989
44.33115765 1990
42.76098847 1991
41.23730605 1992
39.79260772 1993
38.39264227 1994
36.97745432 1995
35.97117093 1996
34.96955944 1997
33.4107608 1998
31.66770171 1999
29.99221713 2000
28.53881992 2001
27.36291326 2002
26.43479155 2003
25.67723182 2004
24.65282196 2005
22.50968408 2006
19.80626982 2007
17.64343964 2008
16.30290504 2009
16.17201595 2010
16.71669826 2011
17.08294204 2012
17.31575729 2013
17.47588447 2014
17.63574669 2015
17.8641682 2016
18.20935617 2017
18.69302694 2018
19.30784361 2019
19.89683281 2020
20.33903859 2021
20.57070626 2022

United Arab Emirates | 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
United Arab Emirates
Records
63
Source