Algeria - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Algeria was 60.07 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 103.99 in 1966 and 48.67 in 2009.

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 91.65
1961 93.79
1962 96.55
1963 99.42
1964 101.65
1965 102.86
1966 103.99
1967 103.95
1968 103.18
1969 102.31
1970 101.65
1971 101.72
1972 101.90
1973 102.05
1974 101.97
1975 101.57
1976 101.54
1977 101.13
1978 100.49
1979 99.78
1980 99.08
1981 98.67
1982 98.09
1983 97.33
1984 96.38
1985 95.21
1986 94.13
1987 92.79
1988 91.25
1989 89.53
1990 87.65
1991 85.78
1992 83.76
1993 81.57
1994 79.19
1995 76.59
1996 74.07
1997 71.33
1998 68.49
1999 65.70
2000 63.05
2001 60.25
2002 57.75
2003 55.52
2004 53.51
2005 51.77
2006 50.49
2007 49.56
2008 48.96
2009 48.67
2010 48.67
2011 49.21
2012 49.78
2013 50.50
2014 51.51
2015 52.84
2016 54.18
2017 55.80
2018 57.51
2019 58.99
2020 60.07

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Algeria was 10.79 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.79 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.21 in 1960.

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 6.21
1961 6.45
1962 6.73
1963 7.01
1964 7.22
1965 7.32
1966 7.38
1967 7.34
1968 7.26
1969 7.18
1970 7.12
1971 7.18
1972 7.25
1973 7.30
1974 7.31
1975 7.28
1976 7.24
1977 7.16
1978 7.06
1979 6.96
1980 6.86
1981 6.83
1982 6.80
1983 6.76
1984 6.69
1985 6.60
1986 6.55
1987 6.47
1988 6.40
1989 6.34
1990 6.30
1991 6.30
1992 6.31
1993 6.33
1994 6.36
1995 6.40
1996 6.50
1997 6.62
1998 6.75
1999 6.88
2000 7.02
2001 7.11
2002 7.20
2003 7.29
2004 7.37
2005 7.47
2006 7.57
2007 7.69
2008 7.81
2009 7.95
2010 8.11
2011 8.22
2012 8.34
2013 8.48
2014 8.69
2015 8.96
2016 9.26
2017 9.62
2018 10.02
2019 10.42
2020 10.79

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Algeria was 49.27 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 96.61 in 1966 and a minimum value of 40.56 in 2010.

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 85.44
1961 87.34
1962 89.82
1963 92.41
1964 94.43
1965 95.54
1966 96.61
1967 96.61
1968 95.92
1969 95.14
1970 94.52
1971 94.54
1972 94.65
1973 94.75
1974 94.66
1975 94.30
1976 94.30
1977 93.97
1978 93.43
1979 92.82
1980 92.21
1981 91.84
1982 91.29
1983 90.57
1984 89.69
1985 88.61
1986 87.58
1987 86.32
1988 84.85
1989 83.19
1990 81.34
1991 79.47
1992 77.45
1993 75.24
1994 72.83
1995 70.19
1996 67.56
1997 64.71
1998 61.74
1999 58.81
2000 56.03
2001 53.14
2002 50.55
2003 48.23
2004 46.14
2005 44.31
2006 42.92
2007 41.87
2008 41.15
2009 40.72
2010 40.56
2011 40.99
2012 41.44
2013 42.01
2014 42.82
2015 43.88
2016 44.92
2017 46.18
2018 47.49
2019 48.57
2020 49.27

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population