Algeria - 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.

See also:

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

Development Relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development.

Limitations and Exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: this indicator implies the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. Many times single or widowed women who are the sole caregiver of a household have a high dependency

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population