Yemen, Rep. | 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
Republic of Yemen
Records
63
Source
Yemen, Rep. | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 80.25224118
1961 80.17545086
1962 80.1438361
1963 80.34830051
1964 80.86429584
1965 81.71533034
1966 82.83688776
1967 84.07750432
1968 85.39284315
1969 86.75765788
1970 88.2059538
1971 89.73534495
1972 91.32807417
1973 92.93672475
1974 94.52602607
1975 96.1440633
1976 97.79381905
1977 99.48943479
1978 101.22057091
1979 102.98576396
1980 104.76820553
1981 106.46882363
1982 108.05397104
1983 109.55370466
1984 110.96150524
1985 112.2244662
1986 113.42744502
1987 114.44792392
1988 115.28981968
1989 116.04955304
1990 116.57980614
1991 116.87411381
1992 116.93382286
1993 116.76587999
1994 116.25982652
1995 115.56894989
1996 114.68778682
1997 113.45215296
1998 111.94585359
1999 110.26123414
2000 108.44168283
2001 106.45485246
2002 104.37352085
2003 102.28684898
2004 100.21011365
2005 97.95722383
2006 95.51392157
2007 93.07522703
2008 90.72227721
2009 88.51990676
2010 86.52441109
2011 84.90728183
2012 83.59554275
2013 82.38575747
2014 81.23720838
2015 80.14513927
2016 79.14153551
2017 78.17505992
2018 77.19848057
2019 76.18093395
2020 75.15372316
2021 74.09817751
2022 72.88914999
Yemen, Rep. | 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
Republic of Yemen
Records
63
Source