Low income - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Low income was 82.84 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 94.70 in 1988 and 82.84 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 84.47
1961 85.42
1962 85.85
1963 85.98
1964 86.08
1965 86.25
1966 87.09
1967 87.94
1968 88.73
1969 89.27
1970 89.48
1971 90.52
1972 91.08
1973 91.31
1974 91.41
1975 91.46
1976 91.96
1977 92.33
1978 92.60
1979 92.73
1980 92.72
1981 93.32
1982 93.71
1983 93.90
1984 93.92
1985 93.81
1986 94.36
1987 94.63
1988 94.70
1989 94.66
1990 94.55
1991 94.69
1992 94.69
1993 94.57
1994 94.34
1995 93.97
1996 94.31
1997 94.42
1998 94.37
1999 94.19
2000 93.94
2001 93.98
2002 93.84
2003 93.58
2004 93.23
2005 92.80
2006 92.71
2007 92.49
2008 92.13
2009 91.65
2010 91.05
2011 90.54
2012 89.88
2013 89.10
2014 88.24
2015 87.33
2016 86.57
2017 85.73
2018 84.82
2019 83.85
2020 82.84

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Low income was 5.94 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.08 in 1997 and a minimum value of 5.47 in 1965.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 5.51
1961 5.54
1962 5.55
1963 5.53
1964 5.51
1965 5.47
1966 5.53
1967 5.57
1968 5.59
1969 5.60
1970 5.58
1971 5.65
1972 5.69
1973 5.70
1974 5.70
1975 5.69
1976 5.75
1977 5.80
1978 5.83
1979 5.85
1980 5.86
1981 5.90
1982 5.91
1983 5.90
1984 5.87
1985 5.84
1986 5.89
1987 5.93
1988 5.95
1989 5.96
1990 5.95
1991 5.99
1992 6.02
1993 6.03
1994 6.04
1995 6.05
1996 6.07
1997 6.08
1998 6.08
1999 6.06
2000 6.03
2001 6.04
2002 6.03
2003 6.01
2004 5.98
2005 5.95
2006 5.98
2007 5.99
2008 6.00
2009 6.00
2010 5.99
2011 6.01
2012 6.02
2013 6.03
2014 6.01
2015 5.99
2016 5.99
2017 5.97
2018 5.95
2019 5.94
2020 5.94

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Low income was 75.83 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 87.58 in 1987 and a minimum value of 75.83 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 78.62
1961 79.55
1962 79.93
1963 80.01
1964 80.09
1965 80.32
1966 81.09
1967 81.98
1968 82.83
1969 83.42
1970 83.67
1971 84.67
1972 85.19
1973 85.38
1974 85.44
1975 85.47
1976 85.88
1977 86.17
1978 86.37
1979 86.45
1980 86.38
1981 86.85
1982 87.14
1983 87.26
1984 87.20
1985 87.02
1986 87.45
1987 87.58
1988 87.51
1989 87.39
1990 87.25
1991 87.33
1992 87.33
1993 87.25
1994 87.05
1995 86.69
1996 87.02
1997 87.13
1998 87.08
1999 86.93
2000 86.73
2001 86.78
2002 86.69
2003 86.47
2004 86.18
2005 85.80
2006 85.67
2007 85.42
2008 85.06
2009 84.58
2010 83.98
2011 83.44
2012 82.77
2013 81.99
2014 81.14
2015 80.24
2016 79.47
2017 78.64
2018 77.76
2019 76.82
2020 75.83

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population