Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 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
Virgin Islands of the United States
Records
63
Source
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
12.78546424 1960
12.18049698 1961
11.17332276 1962
10.27774167 1963
9.49715969 1964
8.75984252 1965
8.03591221 1966
7.41073589 1967
6.89665598 1968
6.4764117 1969
6.19203993 1970
6.15856704 1971
6.28912538 1972
6.4201262 1973
6.56287104 1974
6.71465897 1975
6.89108911 1976
7.10451531 1977
7.32022391 1978
7.56693624 1979
7.68349204 1980
7.66870148 1981
7.71231353 1982
7.80108604 1983
7.9074006 1984
8.05828929 1985
8.23769207 1986
8.43311586 1987
8.69140322 1988
9.00413716 1989
9.3146347 1990
9.73636009 1991
10.24117128 1992
10.69423709 1993
11.14766789 1994
11.4999557 1995
11.7120668 1996
11.92533303 1997
12.18786222 1998
12.49166418 1999
12.88024155 2000
13.38082701 2001
13.96403352 2002
14.61175713 2003
15.33135095 2004
16.053698 2005
16.77977416 2006
17.61793502 2007
18.57880885 2008
19.67284166 2009
20.8769882 2010
22.16402169 2011
23.49089041 2012
24.81645697 2013
26.08822033 2014
27.27286069 2015
28.37329224 2016
29.38914738 2017
30.35814087 2018
31.31262296 2019
32.15572735 2020
32.92857365 2021
33.8008261 2022
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 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
Virgin Islands of the United States
Records
63
Source