Viet Nam | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Viet Nam
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63
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Viet Nam | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 84.52303937
1961 87.14040492
1962 89.55691929
1963 92.10888046
1964 93.55433455
1965 94.0004451
1966 94.62008809
1967 94.79463177
1968 94.47608073
1969 93.86969688
1970 92.98339524
1971 92.12504242
1972 90.8897591
1973 89.51320642
1974 88.15887914
1975 86.74930646
1976 85.93810357
1977 85.17703167
1978 83.98623648
1979 83.29933858
1980 82.9515817
1981 82.70494184
1982 82.69546525
1983 82.66252877
1984 82.51427749
1985 82.28622442
1986 81.91812044
1987 81.33076816
1988 80.46439598
1989 79.46086324
1990 78.42492068
1991 77.30038902
1992 76.0573539
1993 74.65354378
1994 73.06786887
1995 71.25410553
1996 69.18732283
1997 66.96128872
1998 64.65489695
1999 62.36872026
2000 60.18904183
2001 58.11948227
2002 56.19166198
2003 54.38595005
2004 52.66633218
2005 51.00602184
2006 49.36906578
2007 47.82637821
2008 46.46998023
2009 45.33385695
2010 44.45362507
2011 43.8491968
2012 43.48730975
2013 43.34295742
2014 43.47600359
2015 43.76692733
2016 43.97275253
2017 44.18280935
2018 44.45697484
2019 44.78602989
2020 45.18116866
2021 45.55677286
2022 46.00052371
Viet Nam | 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
Viet Nam
Records
63
Source