Venezuela, RB | 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
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Records
63
Source
Venezuela, RB | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 96.63447979
1961 97.13372603
1962 97.50200851
1963 97.77009784
1964 97.83307543
1965 97.65877253
1966 97.26972552
1967 96.6176849
1968 95.74353593
1969 94.68803037
1970 93.47743377
1971 92.12837607
1972 90.65030203
1973 89.09401157
1974 87.56919573
1975 86.16162809
1976 84.85881705
1977 83.62595937
1978 82.46135523
1979 81.36330898
1980 80.32166979
1981 79.3206846
1982 78.34917374
1983 77.40972031
1984 76.51969563
1985 75.68919606
1986 74.95129323
1987 74.28776878
1988 73.62859575
1989 72.94535064
1990 72.22119425
1991 71.43837701
1992 70.59255116
1993 69.69225912
1994 68.74788586
1995 67.77863191
1996 66.80936883
1997 65.86569677
1998 64.95016998
1999 64.04394197
2000 63.14316806
2001 62.20095909
2002 61.23113822
2003 60.28449689
2004 59.37874509
2005 58.54957926
2006 57.80534081
2007 57.14648331
2008 56.56225273
2009 56.04221066
2010 55.58258495
2011 55.16272399
2012 54.7642138
2013 54.37397537
2014 53.99384754
2015 53.64289033
2016 53.48485138
2017 53.93790995
2018 55.30397412
2019 56.80547935
2020 57.42722574
2021 57.50230558
2022 56.69745412
Venezuela, RB | 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
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Records
63
Source