Venezuela, RB | 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
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Records
63
Source
Venezuela, RB | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 92.15367644
1961 92.58998238
1962 92.89701
1963 93.10730524
1964 93.11569161
1965 92.88848638
1966 92.44615063
1967 91.74149843
1968 90.81400625
1969 89.70714938
1970 88.44089269
1971 87.02910122
1972 85.48938382
1973 83.87444751
1974 82.29067067
1975 80.82046045
1976 79.45199338
1977 78.15150547
1978 76.91637018
1979 75.74493625
1980 74.62842489
1981 73.54531233
1982 72.48302195
1983 71.44632972
1984 70.45332439
1985 69.51768795
1986 68.66947711
1987 67.89299259
1988 67.12237073
1989 66.32904178
1990 65.49709081
1991 64.60612225
1992 63.65380834
1993 62.6501922
1994 61.60585193
1995 60.53701369
1996 59.46788573
1997 58.41821531
1998 57.3916057
1999 56.38523278
2000 55.39126409
2001 54.37814498
2002 53.3353922
2003 52.30328662
2004 51.31192943
2005 50.3781969
2006 49.51655009
2007 48.72363245
2008 47.99718619
2009 47.32839216
2010 46.69919188
2011 46.09339608
2012 45.49759494
2013 44.90412321
2014 44.31459604
2015 43.73853329
2016 43.31769816
2017 43.37445774
2018 44.10233769
2019 44.85288717
2020 44.84195585
2021 44.36954548
2022 43.20811779
Venezuela, RB | 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
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Records
63
Source