Vanuatu | 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
Republic of Vanuatu
Records
63
Source
Vanuatu | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 94.46768805
1961 94.83466229
1962 95.19650655
1963 95.36019536
1964 95.41202793
1965 95.52023878
1966 95.5797875
1967 95.58816276
1968 95.47768721
1969 95.14621507
1970 94.61677812
1971 93.96695107
1972 93.21465052
1973 92.38796067
1974 91.51658492
1975 90.63013903
1976 89.77624847
1977 88.96301315
1978 89.00363906
1979 91.48363962
1980 93.37021096
1981 93.12564901
1982 92.99438553
1983 92.97786169
1984 93.07376684
1985 93.22717838
1986 93.42989144
1987 93.63430089
1988 93.79177187
1989 93.90414207
1990 93.9743392
1991 94.0192918
1992 94.062217
1993 94.05128572
1994 93.87957024
1995 93.5243475
1996 92.94541198
1997 92.11849115
1998 91.09582607
1999 89.8699299
2000 88.35770253
2001 86.68245772
2002 84.98773613
2003 83.2779173
2004 81.60848786
2005 79.99950375
2006 78.45832399
2007 77.04593914
2008 75.82179736
2009 74.81329132
2010 74.40173369
2011 74.60429955
2012 74.98622889
2013 75.47408512
2014 76.02939834
2015 76.55760007
2016 76.89468227
2017 77.05118038
2018 77.12803036
2019 77.100569
2020 76.89976333
2021 76.48747145
2022 75.84102468

Vanuatu | 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
Republic of Vanuatu
Records
63
Source