Vanuatu | 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
Republic of Vanuatu
Records
63
Source
Vanuatu | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 7.42557867
1961 7.12066135
1962 6.82992265
1963 6.53790654
1964 6.25387498
1965 6.00094256
1966 5.7699151
1967 5.5782984
1968 5.39713651
1969 5.16611142
1970 4.89343144
1971 4.61820931
1972 4.34220675
1973 4.07945795
1974 3.83459667
1975 3.63283002
1976 3.48057938
1977 3.3772867
1978 3.72498147
1979 5.30902933
1980 6.53486736
1981 6.59637351
1982 6.67654398
1983 6.77243521
1984 6.87568757
1985 6.98184141
1986 7.09305292
1987 7.20274496
1988 7.30594224
1989 7.40804174
1990 7.43340533
1991 7.38933557
1992 7.34880192
1993 7.3024855
1994 7.24371137
1995 7.17210558
1996 7.08661417
1997 6.98036604
1998 6.85426213
1999 6.71117144
2000 6.65568337
2001 6.6521389
2002 6.60601845
2003 6.5685685
2004 6.54543589
2005 6.53891007
2006 6.53559192
2007 6.5322737
2008 6.53379628
2009 6.56908221
2010 6.5887452
2011 6.58134267
2012 6.58224921
2013 6.59324562
2014 6.60680049
2015 6.61297431
2016 6.59625498
2017 6.56377722
2018 6.55195629
2019 6.55973284
2020 6.56893293
2021 6.57092138
2022 6.57159002
Vanuatu | 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
Republic of Vanuatu
Records
63
Source