Vanuatu | 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
Republic of Vanuatu
Records
63
Source
Vanuatu | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
87.04210938 1960
87.71400094 1961
88.3665839 1962
88.82228882 1963
89.15815295 1964
89.51929622 1965
89.8098724 1966
90.00986436 1967
90.08055071 1968
89.98010365 1969
89.72334668 1970
89.34874176 1971
88.87244377 1972
88.30850272 1973
87.68198825 1974
86.99730901 1975
86.29566909 1976
85.58572645 1977
85.27865759 1978
86.17461029 1979
86.8353436 1980
86.5292755 1981
86.31784155 1982
86.20542647 1983
86.19807927 1984
86.24533697 1985
86.33683852 1986
86.43155594 1987
86.48582963 1988
86.49610034 1989
86.54093387 1990
86.62995622 1991
86.71341508 1992
86.74880023 1993
86.63585887 1994
86.35224192 1995
85.8587978 1996
85.13812511 1997
84.24156394 1998
83.15875846 1999
81.70201916 2000
80.03031882 2001
78.38171767 2002
76.7093488 2003
75.06305197 2004
73.46059368 2005
71.92273208 2006
70.51366544 2007
69.28800108 2008
68.24420911 2009
67.81298849 2010
68.02295688 2011
68.40397968 2012
68.8808395 2013
69.42259785 2014
69.94462576 2015
70.29842729 2016
70.48740316 2017
70.57607407 2018
70.54083616 2019
70.3308304 2020
69.91655007 2021
69.26943465 2022

Vanuatu | 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
Republic of Vanuatu
Records
63
Source