Afghanistan - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Afghanistan was 80.09 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 104.86 in 2000 and 80.09 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 | 81.62 |
| 1961 | 82.69 |
| 1962 | 83.29 |
| 1963 | 83.60 |
| 1964 | 83.85 |
| 1965 | 84.13 |
| 1966 | 85.34 |
| 1967 | 86.39 |
| 1968 | 87.29 |
| 1969 | 88.00 |
| 1970 | 88.53 |
| 1971 | 89.78 |
| 1972 | 90.71 |
| 1973 | 91.38 |
| 1974 | 91.80 |
| 1975 | 91.95 |
| 1976 | 92.99 |
| 1977 | 93.86 |
| 1978 | 94.51 |
| 1979 | 94.82 |
| 1980 | 94.61 |
| 1981 | 95.76 |
| 1982 | 96.72 |
| 1983 | 97.52 |
| 1984 | 98.28 |
| 1985 | 99.26 |
| 1986 | 100.04 |
| 1987 | 100.32 |
| 1988 | 100.42 |
| 1989 | 100.85 |
| 1990 | 102.19 |
| 1991 | 101.86 |
| 1992 | 101.57 |
| 1993 | 101.50 |
| 1994 | 101.36 |
| 1995 | 100.75 |
| 1996 | 101.78 |
| 1997 | 102.82 |
| 1998 | 103.65 |
| 1999 | 104.28 |
| 2000 | 104.86 |
| 2001 | 104.48 |
| 2002 | 103.67 |
| 2003 | 102.66 |
| 2004 | 101.56 |
| 2005 | 100.35 |
| 2006 | 100.97 |
| 2007 | 101.60 |
| 2008 | 102.08 |
| 2009 | 102.25 |
| 2010 | 102.05 |
| 2011 | 100.22 |
| 2012 | 97.93 |
| 2013 | 95.34 |
| 2014 | 92.65 |
| 2015 | 89.95 |
| 2016 | 87.94 |
| 2017 | 86.00 |
| 2018 | 84.08 |
| 2019 | 82.11 |
| 2020 | 80.09 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Afghanistan was 4.77 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5.14 in 1962 and a minimum value of 4.46 in 1985.
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 | 5.08 |
| 1961 | 5.13 |
| 1962 | 5.14 |
| 1963 | 5.12 |
| 1964 | 5.06 |
| 1965 | 4.99 |
| 1966 | 5.04 |
| 1967 | 5.06 |
| 1968 | 5.06 |
| 1969 | 5.03 |
| 1970 | 4.96 |
| 1971 | 5.00 |
| 1972 | 5.01 |
| 1973 | 4.99 |
| 1974 | 4.96 |
| 1975 | 4.90 |
| 1976 | 4.94 |
| 1977 | 4.94 |
| 1978 | 4.91 |
| 1979 | 4.84 |
| 1980 | 4.74 |
| 1981 | 4.80 |
| 1982 | 4.81 |
| 1983 | 4.77 |
| 1984 | 4.65 |
| 1985 | 4.46 |
| 1986 | 4.54 |
| 1987 | 4.60 |
| 1988 | 4.62 |
| 1989 | 4.59 |
| 1990 | 4.51 |
| 1991 | 4.53 |
| 1992 | 4.55 |
| 1993 | 4.60 |
| 1994 | 4.67 |
| 1995 | 4.75 |
| 1996 | 4.78 |
| 1997 | 4.78 |
| 1998 | 4.77 |
| 1999 | 4.74 |
| 2000 | 4.70 |
| 2001 | 4.65 |
| 2002 | 4.59 |
| 2003 | 4.55 |
| 2004 | 4.50 |
| 2005 | 4.46 |
| 2006 | 4.53 |
| 2007 | 4.58 |
| 2008 | 4.62 |
| 2009 | 4.66 |
| 2010 | 4.70 |
| 2011 | 4.71 |
| 2012 | 4.72 |
| 2013 | 4.73 |
| 2014 | 4.72 |
| 2015 | 4.71 |
| 2016 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 4.75 |
| 2018 | 4.76 |
| 2019 | 4.76 |
| 2020 | 4.77 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Afghanistan was 75.32 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 100.16 in 2000 and a minimum value of 75.32 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 | 76.54 |
| 1961 | 77.56 |
| 1962 | 78.15 |
| 1963 | 78.49 |
| 1964 | 78.79 |
| 1965 | 79.14 |
| 1966 | 80.30 |
| 1967 | 81.33 |
| 1968 | 82.23 |
| 1969 | 82.98 |
| 1970 | 83.56 |
| 1971 | 84.78 |
| 1972 | 85.70 |
| 1973 | 86.38 |
| 1974 | 86.85 |
| 1975 | 87.05 |
| 1976 | 88.05 |
| 1977 | 88.92 |
| 1978 | 89.60 |
| 1979 | 89.97 |
| 1980 | 89.87 |
| 1981 | 90.96 |
| 1982 | 91.91 |
| 1983 | 92.75 |
| 1984 | 93.63 |
| 1985 | 94.80 |
| 1986 | 95.49 |
| 1987 | 95.72 |
| 1988 | 95.80 |
| 1989 | 96.26 |
| 1990 | 97.67 |
| 1991 | 97.33 |
| 1992 | 97.02 |
| 1993 | 96.90 |
| 1994 | 96.69 |
| 1995 | 96.00 |
| 1996 | 97.00 |
| 1997 | 98.04 |
| 1998 | 98.88 |
| 1999 | 99.54 |
| 2000 | 100.16 |
| 2001 | 99.83 |
| 2002 | 99.08 |
| 2003 | 98.12 |
| 2004 | 97.06 |
| 2005 | 95.89 |
| 2006 | 96.45 |
| 2007 | 97.02 |
| 2008 | 97.46 |
| 2009 | 97.59 |
| 2010 | 97.34 |
| 2011 | 95.51 |
| 2012 | 93.20 |
| 2013 | 90.61 |
| 2014 | 87.93 |
| 2015 | 85.25 |
| 2016 | 83.21 |
| 2017 | 81.25 |
| 2018 | 79.32 |
| 2019 | 77.35 |
| 2020 | 75.32 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
