Upper middle income | 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
Origin
Upper middle income
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63
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Upper middle income | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
7.09328898 1960
7.03080712 1961
7.0139629 1962
7.02585713 1963
7.0398899 1964
7.06735695 1965
7.1169857 1966
7.17441741 1967
7.24348908 1968
7.31603145 1969
7.37671232 1970
7.45006063 1971
7.52523329 1972
7.60643704 1973
7.72930441 1974
7.86498738 1975
7.98914967 1976
8.07839364 1977
8.12316916 1978
8.16729959 1979
8.19676692 1980
8.18965146 1981
8.17261897 1982
8.15159646 1983
8.13277337 1984
8.12654278 1985
8.13888284 1986
8.17291057 1987
8.23612609 1988
8.34677523 1989
8.48552788 1990
8.63301102 1991
8.80346296 1992
9.00458261 1993
9.19696713 1994
9.37480917 1995
9.53396623 1996
9.67477686 1997
9.83119232 1998
9.98951019 1999
10.14330765 2000
10.3031767 2001
10.46227971 2002
10.62139283 2003
10.76630858 2004
10.89681546 2005
11.04061207 2006
11.17523978 2007
11.27482796 2008
11.37520299 2009
11.50582106 2010
11.70210941 2011
11.96662102 2012
12.28107174 2013
12.65297523 2014
13.09625715 2015
13.58707261 2016
14.14230432 2017
14.74329617 2018
15.35310743 2019
15.96586671 2020
16.51114711 2021
17.06437558 2022

Upper middle income | 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
Upper middle income
Records
63
Source