Oman - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Oman was 33.33 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 97.91 in 1970 and 31.78 in 2015.
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 | 87.38 |
| 1961 | 88.84 |
| 1962 | 89.99 |
| 1963 | 90.96 |
| 1964 | 91.87 |
| 1965 | 92.79 |
| 1966 | 94.09 |
| 1967 | 95.29 |
| 1968 | 96.36 |
| 1969 | 97.25 |
| 1970 | 97.91 |
| 1971 | 97.59 |
| 1972 | 96.99 |
| 1973 | 96.30 |
| 1974 | 95.78 |
| 1975 | 95.62 |
| 1976 | 94.16 |
| 1977 | 93.17 |
| 1978 | 92.50 |
| 1979 | 91.99 |
| 1980 | 91.59 |
| 1981 | 92.06 |
| 1982 | 92.27 |
| 1983 | 92.35 |
| 1984 | 92.40 |
| 1985 | 92.35 |
| 1986 | 92.45 |
| 1987 | 92.44 |
| 1988 | 92.27 |
| 1989 | 91.71 |
| 1990 | 90.60 |
| 1991 | 86.92 |
| 1992 | 83.11 |
| 1993 | 79.19 |
| 1994 | 75.24 |
| 1995 | 71.36 |
| 1996 | 70.54 |
| 1997 | 69.28 |
| 1998 | 67.93 |
| 1999 | 66.64 |
| 2000 | 65.39 |
| 2001 | 63.49 |
| 2002 | 61.33 |
| 2003 | 58.94 |
| 2004 | 56.45 |
| 2005 | 54.00 |
| 2006 | 49.67 |
| 2007 | 46.11 |
| 2008 | 43.35 |
| 2009 | 41.24 |
| 2010 | 39.62 |
| 2011 | 37.00 |
| 2012 | 34.87 |
| 2013 | 33.33 |
| 2014 | 32.36 |
| 2015 | 31.78 |
| 2016 | 31.92 |
| 2017 | 32.25 |
| 2018 | 32.70 |
| 2019 | 33.10 |
| 2020 | 33.33 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Oman was 3.35 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.30 in 1970 and a minimum value of 3.00 in 2015.
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 | 5.60 |
| 1961 | 5.70 |
| 1962 | 5.79 |
| 1963 | 5.87 |
| 1964 | 5.94 |
| 1965 | 5.99 |
| 1966 | 6.09 |
| 1967 | 6.17 |
| 1968 | 6.23 |
| 1969 | 6.27 |
| 1970 | 6.30 |
| 1971 | 6.27 |
| 1972 | 6.22 |
| 1973 | 6.15 |
| 1974 | 6.07 |
| 1975 | 5.99 |
| 1976 | 5.84 |
| 1977 | 5.68 |
| 1978 | 5.53 |
| 1979 | 5.38 |
| 1980 | 5.22 |
| 1981 | 5.12 |
| 1982 | 5.01 |
| 1983 | 4.89 |
| 1984 | 4.77 |
| 1985 | 4.65 |
| 1986 | 4.60 |
| 1987 | 4.54 |
| 1988 | 4.48 |
| 1989 | 4.42 |
| 1990 | 4.36 |
| 1991 | 4.19 |
| 1992 | 4.02 |
| 1993 | 3.85 |
| 1994 | 3.70 |
| 1995 | 3.55 |
| 1996 | 3.64 |
| 1997 | 3.73 |
| 1998 | 3.82 |
| 1999 | 3.92 |
| 2000 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 4.05 |
| 2002 | 4.06 |
| 2003 | 4.05 |
| 2004 | 4.02 |
| 2005 | 3.98 |
| 2006 | 3.92 |
| 2007 | 3.88 |
| 2008 | 3.85 |
| 2009 | 3.81 |
| 2010 | 3.75 |
| 2011 | 3.54 |
| 2012 | 3.34 |
| 2013 | 3.18 |
| 2014 | 3.06 |
| 2015 | 3.00 |
| 2016 | 3.04 |
| 2017 | 3.10 |
| 2018 | 3.18 |
| 2019 | 3.26 |
| 2020 | 3.35 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Oman was 29.98 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 91.62 in 1970 and a minimum value of 28.77 in 2015.
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 | 81.78 |
| 1961 | 83.15 |
| 1962 | 84.20 |
| 1963 | 85.09 |
| 1964 | 85.93 |
| 1965 | 86.80 |
| 1966 | 88.00 |
| 1967 | 89.11 |
| 1968 | 90.13 |
| 1969 | 90.98 |
| 1970 | 91.62 |
| 1971 | 91.33 |
| 1972 | 90.77 |
| 1973 | 90.15 |
| 1974 | 89.71 |
| 1975 | 89.63 |
| 1976 | 88.32 |
| 1977 | 87.48 |
| 1978 | 86.97 |
| 1979 | 86.61 |
| 1980 | 86.37 |
| 1981 | 86.94 |
| 1982 | 87.26 |
| 1983 | 87.46 |
| 1984 | 87.63 |
| 1985 | 87.70 |
| 1986 | 87.85 |
| 1987 | 87.90 |
| 1988 | 87.79 |
| 1989 | 87.29 |
| 1990 | 86.25 |
| 1991 | 82.73 |
| 1992 | 79.09 |
| 1993 | 75.34 |
| 1994 | 71.55 |
| 1995 | 67.81 |
| 1996 | 66.90 |
| 1997 | 65.56 |
| 1998 | 64.11 |
| 1999 | 62.73 |
| 2000 | 61.37 |
| 2001 | 59.44 |
| 2002 | 57.27 |
| 2003 | 54.89 |
| 2004 | 52.43 |
| 2005 | 50.01 |
| 2006 | 45.75 |
| 2007 | 42.23 |
| 2008 | 39.49 |
| 2009 | 37.42 |
| 2010 | 35.87 |
| 2011 | 33.46 |
| 2012 | 31.53 |
| 2013 | 30.16 |
| 2014 | 29.29 |
| 2015 | 28.77 |
| 2016 | 28.88 |
| 2017 | 29.15 |
| 2018 | 29.52 |
| 2019 | 29.84 |
| 2020 | 29.98 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
