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