Upper middle income | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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
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Upper middle income | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 70.32870567
1961 70.06672784
1962 70.32197639
1963 71.51350934
1964 72.50963239
1965 72.87009884
1966 72.97249168
1967 72.6051375
1968 72.1708279
1969 71.86882832
1970 71.37889168
1971 70.90558037
1972 70.21545121
1973 69.51941729
1974 69.24005759
1975 69.03527759
1976 68.7182893
1977 67.58433043
1978 65.23505972
1979 62.86131178
1980 60.91131213
1981 59.1739056
1982 57.80136035
1983 56.30363853
1984 54.6000717
1985 53.04891286
1986 51.71287221
1987 50.69441693
1988 49.81795468
1989 49.09086573
1990 48.68461722
1991 48.24443664
1992 47.69484197
1993 47.13940952
1994 46.46471493
1995 45.6530269
1996 44.71367281
1997 43.59270014
1998 42.47832059
1999 41.42377722
2000 40.31579351
2001 39.11113125
2002 37.77380296
2003 36.48176581
2004 35.28034077
2005 34.08391598
2006 33.11154391
2007 32.45072562
2008 31.9544454
2009 31.56854663
2010 31.24181809
2011 30.99376105
2012 30.87212818
2013 30.81941277
2014 30.79768328
2015 30.76476175
2016 30.74207129
2017 30.7936098
2018 30.78246525
2019 30.65299819
2020 30.41611466
2021 30.04947832
2022 29.61099441
Upper middle income | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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