Yemen, Rep. | 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
Republic of Yemen
Records
63
Source
Yemen, Rep. | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.82439871
1961 6.75798178
1962 6.6935544
1963 6.63062285
1964 6.57827014
1965 6.54170039
1966 6.51342267
1967 6.48782166
1968 6.46457525
1969 6.44998538
1970 6.44537905
1971 6.44369064
1972 6.44418613
1973 6.44605343
1974 6.44785456
1975 6.44934077
1976 6.44982527
1977 6.45028859
1978 6.45088509
1979 6.44921001
1980 6.44426831
1981 6.4349145
1982 6.41770194
1983 6.39592412
1984 6.37241179
1985 6.34339931
1986 6.30894274
1987 6.26907039
1988 6.22821638
1989 6.18704746
1990 6.14033369
1991 6.08836591
1992 6.03155976
1993 5.97142714
1994 5.90595714
1995 5.84334439
1996 5.78965996
1997 5.73857519
1998 5.68666122
1999 5.63395649
2000 5.58160295
2001 5.53299414
2002 5.49208048
2003 5.45624808
2004 5.4192887
2005 5.37508415
2006 5.32315611
2007 5.26966616
2008 5.21910535
2009 5.17492443
2010 5.13928491
2011 5.12049896
2012 5.11453284
2013 5.09873055
2014 5.06774232
2015 5.01951988
2016 4.96302919
2017 4.91230358
2018 4.86535528
2019 4.82160326
2020 4.76135421
2021 4.68156689
2022 4.60270494
Yemen, Rep. | 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
Republic of Yemen
Records
63
Source