Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 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
Virgin Islands of the United States
Records
63
Source
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 67.80018892
1961 62.11697749
1962 62.25349321
1963 62.17773734
1964 62.17967599
1965 62.50393701
1966 62.65794724
1967 62.30686807
1968 61.51357562
1969 60.27321498
1970 60.56745041
1971 62.58474274
1972 64.34001073
1973 65.35500602
1974 65.67658662
1975 65.92059345
1976 66.2250225
1977 66.01162726
1978 64.79295249
1979 62.64134917
1980 60.23763377
1981 57.96894698
1982 55.97029573
1983 54.37487879
1984 52.92490687
1985 51.36704535
1986 49.87143305
1987 48.67726515
1988 47.90587286
1989 47.55876474
1990 47.4568348
1991 47.61733177
1992 48.0126948
1993 48.42490296
1994 48.62068452
1995 47.70532471
1996 46.08770547
1997 44.6268096
1998 43.12903364
1999 41.5967877
2000 40.40295728
2001 39.44697087
2002 38.36424129
2003 37.22345829
2004 36.09191551
2005 34.9761172
2006 33.92390276
2007 33.05101246
2008 32.36461365
2009 31.888151
2010 31.50744652
2011 31.14090349
2012 30.86273559
2013 30.71430628
2014 30.70707071
2015 30.79937189
2016 30.94419583
2017 31.11264045
2018 31.26746522
2019 31.36447515
2020 31.53355715
2021 31.67542523
2022 31.75286228
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 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
Virgin Islands of the United States
Records
63
Source