Viet Nam | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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
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Viet Nam
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63
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Viet Nam | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 9.10812921
1961 9.37154142
1962 9.61333426
1963 9.8257526
1964 9.99767263
1965 10.14359401
1966 10.31963441
1967 10.49723291
1968 10.61444265
1969 10.66029684
1970 10.65555767
1971 10.60016045
1972 10.45563356
1973 10.28549906
1974 10.14601543
1975 10.05455852
1976 10.05176077
1977 10.07014808
1978 10.06641785
1979 10.10476392
1980 10.13736842
1981 10.1247659
1982 10.10884524
1983 10.08504566
1984 10.06040169
1985 10.04656654
1986 10.04752577
1987 10.06047999
1988 10.06400591
1989 10.05418007
1990 10.03514442
1991 10.00589282
1992 9.96165746
1993 9.91506079
1994 9.88746962
1995 9.87718824
1996 9.88202604
1997 9.90313302
1998 9.92677543
1999 9.93666591
2000 9.93180222
2001 9.91030461
2002 9.86816592
2003 9.80986532
2004 9.74321631
2005 9.67143941
2006 9.59460841
2007 9.51873495
2008 9.45229995
2009 9.39947721
2010 9.36860896
2011 9.37178661
2012 9.41077675
2013 9.50194197
2014 9.74181507
2015 10.09783051
2016 10.41241622
2017 10.77264439
2018 11.20626634
2019 11.68952058
2020 12.23501091
2021 12.7407791
2022 13.31080728
Viet Nam | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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