Upper middle income | 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
Upper middle income
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63
Source
Upper middle income | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
78.04666902 1960
77.70241553 1961
77.96020015 1962
79.19435068 1963
80.24941693 1964
80.67725185 1965
80.86005411 1966
80.57471794 1967
80.22789993 1968
80.01735093 1969
79.60782103 1970
79.217075 1971
78.59554549 1972
77.97581622 1973
77.82039965 1974
77.7529753 1975
77.55909437 1976
76.47583748 1977
74.09680862 1978
71.70981127 1979
69.75171809 1980
67.98820199 1981
66.58363584 1982
65.05309228 1983
63.33719701 1984
61.79506569 1985
60.47931618 1986
59.48577587 1987
58.65624907 1988
58.01525921 1989
57.71518313 1990
57.38489102 1991
56.98074366 1992
56.60314634 1993
56.10414101 1994
55.45961401 1995
54.67507973 1996
53.69863285 1997
52.741317 1998
51.84384607 1999
50.89405278 2000
49.86253003 2001
48.7085677 2002
47.59851045 2003
46.56290101 2004
45.52475213 2005
44.70720421 2006
44.16806824 2007
43.75390672 2008
43.44608761 2009
43.22309763 2010
43.14293586 2011
43.25190939 2012
43.47515943 2013
43.78624839 2014
44.15852887 2015
44.59138243 2016
45.16229055 2017
45.72188661 2018
46.17998537 2019
46.53815461 2020
46.70384763 2021
46.80613698 2022

Upper middle income | 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
Upper middle income
Records
63
Source