Barbados - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Barbados was 50.29 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 86.08 in 1965 and 48.89 in 2008.
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 | 81.54 |
| 1961 | 83.02 |
| 1962 | 84.08 |
| 1963 | 84.83 |
| 1964 | 85.47 |
| 1965 | 86.08 |
| 1966 | 86.03 |
| 1967 | 85.68 |
| 1968 | 85.04 |
| 1969 | 84.18 |
| 1970 | 83.12 |
| 1971 | 79.86 |
| 1972 | 77.28 |
| 1973 | 75.15 |
| 1974 | 73.05 |
| 1975 | 70.82 |
| 1976 | 69.98 |
| 1977 | 68.68 |
| 1978 | 67.61 |
| 1979 | 67.30 |
| 1980 | 67.66 |
| 1981 | 65.48 |
| 1982 | 63.93 |
| 1983 | 62.63 |
| 1984 | 61.14 |
| 1985 | 59.35 |
| 1986 | 58.10 |
| 1987 | 56.48 |
| 1988 | 54.75 |
| 1989 | 53.29 |
| 1990 | 52.23 |
| 1991 | 51.52 |
| 1992 | 51.22 |
| 1993 | 51.17 |
| 1994 | 51.13 |
| 1995 | 51.02 |
| 1996 | 51.03 |
| 1997 | 50.98 |
| 1998 | 50.94 |
| 1999 | 51.02 |
| 2000 | 51.25 |
| 2001 | 50.63 |
| 2002 | 50.20 |
| 2003 | 49.88 |
| 2004 | 49.59 |
| 2005 | 49.28 |
| 2006 | 49.14 |
| 2007 | 48.97 |
| 2008 | 48.89 |
| 2009 | 48.98 |
| 2010 | 49.24 |
| 2011 | 49.10 |
| 2012 | 49.06 |
| 2013 | 49.08 |
| 2014 | 49.12 |
| 2015 | 49.18 |
| 2016 | 49.24 |
| 2017 | 49.37 |
| 2018 | 49.58 |
| 2019 | 49.88 |
| 2020 | 50.29 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Barbados was 25.10 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25.10 in 2020 and a minimum value of 12.39 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.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 12.39 |
| 1961 | 12.65 |
| 1962 | 12.83 |
| 1963 | 12.98 |
| 1964 | 13.16 |
| 1965 | 13.42 |
| 1966 | 13.74 |
| 1967 | 14.12 |
| 1968 | 14.51 |
| 1969 | 14.87 |
| 1970 | 15.17 |
| 1971 | 15.30 |
| 1972 | 15.55 |
| 1973 | 15.97 |
| 1974 | 16.49 |
| 1975 | 17.01 |
| 1976 | 17.21 |
| 1977 | 17.31 |
| 1978 | 17.40 |
| 1979 | 17.56 |
| 1980 | 17.78 |
| 1981 | 17.66 |
| 1982 | 17.49 |
| 1983 | 17.28 |
| 1984 | 17.01 |
| 1985 | 16.68 |
| 1986 | 16.50 |
| 1987 | 16.27 |
| 1988 | 16.02 |
| 1989 | 15.81 |
| 1990 | 15.66 |
| 1991 | 15.78 |
| 1992 | 15.97 |
| 1993 | 16.20 |
| 1994 | 16.43 |
| 1995 | 16.63 |
| 1996 | 16.92 |
| 1997 | 17.21 |
| 1998 | 17.51 |
| 1999 | 17.86 |
| 2000 | 18.26 |
| 2001 | 18.32 |
| 2002 | 18.38 |
| 2003 | 18.45 |
| 2004 | 18.52 |
| 2005 | 18.59 |
| 2006 | 18.73 |
| 2007 | 18.88 |
| 2008 | 19.08 |
| 2009 | 19.36 |
| 2010 | 19.78 |
| 2011 | 20.08 |
| 2012 | 20.45 |
| 2013 | 20.89 |
| 2014 | 21.38 |
| 2015 | 21.91 |
| 2016 | 22.45 |
| 2017 | 23.02 |
| 2018 | 23.64 |
| 2019 | 24.33 |
| 2020 | 25.10 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Barbados was 25.19 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 72.66 in 1965 and a minimum value of 25.19 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 | 69.14 |
| 1961 | 70.38 |
| 1962 | 71.25 |
| 1963 | 71.85 |
| 1964 | 72.32 |
| 1965 | 72.66 |
| 1966 | 72.29 |
| 1967 | 71.56 |
| 1968 | 70.53 |
| 1969 | 69.32 |
| 1970 | 67.95 |
| 1971 | 64.56 |
| 1972 | 61.73 |
| 1973 | 59.18 |
| 1974 | 56.55 |
| 1975 | 53.81 |
| 1976 | 52.76 |
| 1977 | 51.37 |
| 1978 | 50.21 |
| 1979 | 49.73 |
| 1980 | 49.88 |
| 1981 | 47.82 |
| 1982 | 46.43 |
| 1983 | 45.35 |
| 1984 | 44.13 |
| 1985 | 42.67 |
| 1986 | 41.60 |
| 1987 | 40.21 |
| 1988 | 38.73 |
| 1989 | 37.48 |
| 1990 | 36.58 |
| 1991 | 35.74 |
| 1992 | 35.24 |
| 1993 | 34.97 |
| 1994 | 34.71 |
| 1995 | 34.39 |
| 1996 | 34.11 |
| 1997 | 33.77 |
| 1998 | 33.43 |
| 1999 | 33.16 |
| 2000 | 32.98 |
| 2001 | 32.31 |
| 2002 | 31.82 |
| 2003 | 31.43 |
| 2004 | 31.07 |
| 2005 | 30.70 |
| 2006 | 30.41 |
| 2007 | 30.10 |
| 2008 | 29.82 |
| 2009 | 29.61 |
| 2010 | 29.46 |
| 2011 | 29.02 |
| 2012 | 28.61 |
| 2013 | 28.19 |
| 2014 | 27.74 |
| 2015 | 27.27 |
| 2016 | 26.79 |
| 2017 | 26.35 |
| 2018 | 25.94 |
| 2019 | 25.56 |
| 2020 | 25.19 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
