Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 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
Virgin Islands of the United States
Records
63
Source
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
80.58565316 1960
74.29747447 1961
73.42681597 1962
72.45547901 1963
71.67683568 1964
71.26377953 1965
70.69385945 1966
69.71760395 1967
68.4102316 1968
66.74962668 1969
66.75949035 1970
68.74330978 1971
70.62913611 1972
71.77513222 1973
72.23945766 1974
72.63525242 1975
73.11611161 1976
73.11614257 1977
72.1131764 1978
70.20828541 1979
67.92112581 1980
65.63764846 1981
63.68260926 1982
62.17596483 1983
60.83230747 1984
59.42533464 1985
58.10912512 1986
57.11038102 1987
56.59727608 1988
56.5629019 1989
56.7714695 1990
57.35369186 1991
58.25386608 1992
59.11914004 1993
59.76835241 1994
59.20528041 1995
57.79977227 1996
56.55214263 1997
55.31689587 1998
54.08845188 1999
53.28319883 2000
52.82779788 2001
52.32827482 2002
51.83521543 2003
51.42326646 2004
51.0298152 2005
50.70367692 2006
50.66894749 2007
50.9434225 2008
51.56099266 2009
52.38443473 2010
53.30492518 2011
54.353626 2012
55.53076325 2013
56.79529104 2014
58.07223258 2015
59.31748807 2016
60.50178782 2017
61.62560609 2018
62.67709811 2019
63.6892845 2020
64.60399888 2021
65.55368838 2022
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 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
Virgin Islands of the United States
Records
63
Source