Uruguay | 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
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Records
63
Source
Uruguay | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 12.77492594
1961 12.84082397
1962 12.92117953
1963 13.02134947
1964 13.14525743
1965 13.28594966
1966 13.44337182
1967 13.62062707
1968 13.81076792
1969 14.0034148
1970 14.19485405
1971 14.37877784
1972 14.54705331
1973 14.71404336
1974 14.91026688
1975 15.14144538
1976 15.41004036
1977 15.72256438
1978 16.05289879
1979 16.35431345
1980 16.60802519
1981 16.81311485
1982 16.95931859
1983 17.06412292
1984 17.17801278
1985 17.32924983
1986 17.50812545
1987 17.70759185
1988 17.92689597
1989 18.15322397
1990 18.3750562
1991 18.60136634
1992 18.84592516
1993 19.10630392
1994 19.3724357
1995 19.64724758
1996 19.92234171
1997 20.18904578
1998 20.45015976
1999 20.70263017
2000 20.9521603
2001 21.20600224
2002 21.46489277
2003 21.70349715
2004 21.89985835
2005 22.08680181
2006 22.25871191
2007 22.38659852
2008 22.48594735
2009 22.5655679
2010 22.6324292
2011 22.70009587
2012 22.78075548
2013 22.859917
2014 22.91912029
2015 22.98621783
2016 23.07887099
2017 23.18560093
2018 23.31036362
2019 23.45485719
2020 23.6462455
2021 23.74405949
2022 23.85020084
Uruguay | 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
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Records
63
Source