Uruguay | 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
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Records
63
Source
Uruguay | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 42.85004867
1961 43.00328525
1962 43.16524585
1963 43.37216138
1964 43.61996074
1965 43.82497115
1966 43.96387407
1967 44.03531643
1968 44.03732079
1969 43.97700078
1970 43.84850575
1971 43.69278306
1972 43.55659024
1973 43.44256309
1974 43.40638551
1975 43.4684064
1976 43.58795834
1977 43.67755824
1978 43.67190741
1979 43.58291315
1980 43.40330765
1981 43.17821153
1982 42.95692241
1983 42.72716984
1984 42.50014199
1985 42.333645
1986 42.17625531
1987 41.91910916
1988 41.63388883
1989 41.3228131
1990 40.87061144
1991 40.35899971
1992 39.93235491
1993 39.60110824
1994 39.38468858
1995 39.32224285
1996 39.31426191
1997 39.28548085
1998 39.22544644
1999 39.11495444
2000 38.95178729
2001 38.75204252
2002 38.58467436
2003 38.35121791
2004 37.97521546
2005 37.6160285
2006 37.25323846
2007 36.80785716
2008 36.32637556
2009 35.79729924
2010 35.22612183
2011 34.66694692
2012 34.14853276
2013 33.6949662
2014 33.29854319
2015 32.97206946
2016 32.68044384
2017 32.28819404
2018 31.77898929
2019 31.19176916
2020 30.52002965
2021 29.85449591
2022 29.236929
Uruguay | 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
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Records
63
Source