United Arab Emirates | 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.
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The World Bank
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United Arab Emirates
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63
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United Arab Emirates | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
3.89592284 1960
3.64702822 1961
3.42858408 1962
3.23677071 1963
3.05821485 1964
2.8996255 1965
2.75663643 1966
2.62172285 1967
2.48833015 1968
2.39472671 1969
2.3549184 1970
2.34403127 1971
2.34943012 1972
2.379308 1973
2.44542265 1974
2.5715813 1975
2.51225001 1976
2.2820478 1977
2.07768043 1978
1.88404908 1979
1.71233397 1980
1.65292227 1981
1.67783057 1982
1.69335716 1983
1.69889869 1984
1.69913563 1985
1.67352654 1986
1.62471572 1987
1.5771126 1988
1.53299708 1989
1.49393743 1990
1.46181268 1991
1.43757942 1992
1.41962858 1993
1.40375813 1994
1.3834566 1995
1.34484213 1996
1.29237829 1997
1.24261501 1998
1.20047897 1999
1.16679506 2000
1.13862344 2001
1.11118394 2002
1.08019038 2003
1.04218562 2004
0.96379705 2005
0.77260099 2006
0.51946584 2007
0.31550871 2008
0.19977399 2009
0.20445021 2010
0.28913744 2011
0.387652 2012
0.50244783 2013
0.63645533 2014
0.79282668 2015
0.97577775 2016
1.19132318 2017
1.44767754 2018
1.75503833 2019
1.98307089 2020
2.11605823 2021
2.20518372 2022
United Arab Emirates | 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
United Arab Emirates
Records
63
Source