Uruguay | 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
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Records
63
Source
Uruguay | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 55.62497462
1961 55.84410922
1962 56.08642538
1963 56.39351085
1964 56.76521817
1965 57.11092081
1966 57.40724589
1967 57.6559435
1968 57.84808872
1969 57.98041559
1970 58.04335981
1971 58.0715609
1972 58.10364356
1973 58.15660644
1974 58.31665239
1975 58.60985178
1976 58.9979987
1977 59.40012262
1978 59.7248062
1979 59.9372266
1980 60.01133284
1981 59.99132638
1982 59.916241
1983 59.79129276
1984 59.67815477
1985 59.66289483
1986 59.68438076
1987 59.62670101
1988 59.5607848
1989 59.47603707
1990 59.24566763
1991 58.96036605
1992 58.77828006
1993 58.70741216
1994 58.75712429
1995 58.96949042
1996 59.23660362
1997 59.47452664
1998 59.67560621
1999 59.81758462
2000 59.90394759
2001 59.95804476
2002 60.04956713
2003 60.05471506
2004 59.87507382
2005 59.70283032
2006 59.51195037
2007 59.19445568
2008 58.81232291
2009 58.36286714
2010 57.85855103
2011 57.36704279
2012 56.92928825
2013 56.5548832
2014 56.21766347
2015 55.95828729
2016 55.75931483
2017 55.47379497
2018 55.08935291
2019 54.64662635
2020 54.16627515
2021 53.5985554
2022 53.08712984
Uruguay | 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
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Records
63
Source