Sierra Leone - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Sierra Leone was 76.28 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 91.86 in 1993 and 72.52 in 1960.

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 72.52
1961 73.42
1962 73.98
1963 74.33
1964 74.57
1965 74.75
1966 76.06
1967 77.08
1968 77.89
1969 78.53
1970 79.02
1971 80.44
1972 81.56
1973 82.42
1974 83.06
1975 83.47
1976 84.69
1977 85.53
1978 86.07
1979 86.41
1980 86.61
1981 87.58
1982 88.28
1983 88.75
1984 89.01
1985 89.13
1986 90.05
1987 90.64
1988 90.96
1989 90.98
1990 90.56
1991 91.27
1992 91.72
1993 91.86
1994 91.71
1995 91.39
1996 91.66
1997 91.47
1998 91.01
1999 90.55
2000 90.34
2001 90.21
2002 89.93
2003 89.58
2004 89.07
2005 88.29
2006 88.15
2007 87.80
2008 87.22
2009 86.44
2010 85.51
2011 85.07
2012 84.38
2013 83.52
2014 82.54
2015 81.49
2016 80.59
2017 79.66
2018 78.66
2019 77.53
2020 76.28

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Sierra Leone was 5.16 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.30 in 1977 and a minimum value of 5.16 in 2020.

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 6.37
1961 6.49
1962 6.59
1963 6.66
1964 6.71
1965 6.74
1966 6.85
1967 6.93
1968 6.99
1969 7.02
1970 7.04
1971 7.13
1972 7.19
1973 7.22
1974 7.22
1975 7.21
1976 7.27
1977 7.30
1978 7.30
1979 7.27
1980 7.22
1981 7.26
1982 7.26
1983 7.24
1984 7.19
1985 7.12
1986 7.13
1987 7.11
1988 7.06
1989 6.99
1990 6.90
1991 6.95
1992 6.94
1993 6.89
1994 6.78
1995 6.61
1996 6.62
1997 6.58
1998 6.51
1999 6.40
2000 6.27
2001 6.21
2002 6.14
2003 6.07
2004 6.00
2005 5.93
2006 5.91
2007 5.88
2008 5.82
2009 5.75
2010 5.67
2011 5.66
2012 5.63
2013 5.58
2014 5.51
2015 5.42
2016 5.40
2017 5.36
2018 5.30
2019 5.23
2020 5.16

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Sierra Leone was 71.12 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 85.04 in 1996 and a minimum value of 66.15 in 1960.

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 66.15
1961 66.92
1962 67.39
1963 67.67
1964 67.86
1965 68.01
1966 69.21
1967 70.15
1968 70.89
1969 71.50
1970 71.99
1971 73.31
1972 74.37
1973 75.20
1974 75.83
1975 76.26
1976 77.42
1977 78.23
1978 78.77
1979 79.14
1980 79.39
1981 80.32
1982 81.02
1983 81.51
1984 81.82
1985 82.01
1986 82.92
1987 83.53
1988 83.90
1989 83.98
1990 83.66
1991 84.32
1992 84.78
1993 84.98
1994 84.94
1995 84.77
1996 85.04
1997 84.89
1998 84.50
1999 84.15
2000 84.07
2001 84.00
2002 83.79
2003 83.51
2004 83.07
2005 82.36
2006 82.24
2007 81.92
2008 81.40
2009 80.69
2010 79.84
2011 79.41
2012 78.75
2013 77.94
2014 77.03
2015 76.07
2016 75.19
2017 74.30
2018 73.36
2019 72.30
2020 71.12

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population