Philippines - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Philippines was 55.17 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 102.54 in 1964 and 55.17 in 2020.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 100.46
1961 100.82
1962 101.59
1963 102.36
1964 102.54
1965 101.91
1966 101.52
1967 100.43
1968 98.91
1969 97.37
1970 96.00
1971 94.91
1972 93.88
1973 92.90
1974 91.89
1975 90.83
1976 89.98
1977 89.13
1978 88.24
1979 87.32
1980 86.36
1981 85.55
1982 84.64
1983 83.68
1984 82.77
1985 81.92
1986 81.30
1987 80.75
1988 80.21
1989 79.58
1990 78.82
1991 78.25
1992 77.49
1993 76.64
1994 75.79
1995 74.99
1996 74.29
1997 73.66
1998 73.05
1999 72.38
2000 71.64
2001 71.05
2002 70.41
2003 69.74
2004 69.03
2005 68.21
2006 67.13
2007 65.92
2008 64.52
2009 63.03
2010 61.63
2011 60.90
2012 60.25
2013 59.67
2014 59.09
2015 58.44
2016 57.94
2017 57.25
2018 56.46
2019 55.74
2020 55.17

Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Philippines was 8.55 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.55 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.41 in 1995.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 6.20
1961 6.19
1962 6.17
1963 6.15
1964 6.10
1965 6.03
1966 6.01
1967 5.96
1968 5.91
1969 5.86
1970 5.83
1971 5.86
1972 5.89
1973 5.93
1974 5.95
1975 5.96
1976 6.00
1977 6.02
1978 6.03
1979 6.02
1980 5.98
1981 5.96
1982 5.92
1983 5.87
1984 5.81
1985 5.76
1986 5.75
1987 5.73
1988 5.71
1989 5.68
1990 5.62
1991 5.59
1992 5.54
1993 5.48
1994 5.44
1995 5.41
1996 5.44
1997 5.49
1998 5.54
1999 5.58
2000 5.61
2001 5.68
2002 5.73
2003 5.78
2004 5.83
2005 5.87
2006 6.04
2007 6.21
2008 6.36
2009 6.51
2010 6.69
2011 6.79
2012 6.90
2013 7.02
2014 7.15
2015 7.29
2016 7.52
2017 7.76
2018 8.01
2019 8.28
2020 8.55

Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Philippines was 46.62 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 96.44 in 1964 and a minimum value of 46.62 in 2020.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 94.27
1961 94.63
1962 95.41
1963 96.21
1964 96.44
1965 95.88
1966 95.51
1967 94.46
1968 93.00
1969 91.51
1970 90.17
1971 89.05
1972 87.99
1973 86.97
1974 85.94
1975 84.88
1976 83.99
1977 83.10
1978 82.21
1979 81.30
1980 80.37
1981 79.59
1982 78.72
1983 77.82
1984 76.96
1985 76.17
1986 75.56
1987 75.02
1988 74.50
1989 73.91
1990 73.20
1991 72.66
1992 71.95
1993 71.15
1994 70.35
1995 69.58
1996 68.84
1997 68.17
1998 67.51
1999 66.80
2000 66.03
2001 65.37
2002 64.68
2003 63.96
2004 63.20
2005 62.34
2006 61.09
2007 59.72
2008 58.16
2009 56.52
2010 54.94
2011 54.11
2012 53.35
2013 52.65
2014 51.94
2015 51.15
2016 50.42
2017 49.48
2018 48.44
2019 47.46
2020 46.62

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population