Brazil - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Brazil was 43.48 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 88.02 in 1964 and 43.38 in 2018.

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 86.28
1961 87.00
1962 87.60
1963 87.98
1964 88.02
1965 87.69
1966 87.64
1967 87.06
1968 86.14
1969 85.08
1970 83.98
1971 82.95
1972 81.88
1973 80.75
1974 79.51
1975 78.20
1976 77.04
1977 75.88
1978 74.72
1979 73.58
1980 72.47
1981 71.80
1982 71.05
1983 70.29
1984 69.52
1985 68.75
1986 68.21
1987 67.53
1988 66.76
1989 65.93
1990 65.07
1991 64.10
1992 63.19
1993 62.26
1994 61.21
1995 60.03
1996 58.95
1997 57.77
1998 56.56
1999 55.39
2000 54.29
2001 53.44
2002 52.58
2003 51.72
2004 50.89
2005 50.08
2006 49.24
2007 48.46
2008 47.72
2009 46.99
2010 46.29
2011 45.66
2012 45.08
2013 44.56
2014 44.11
2015 43.75
2016 43.58
2017 43.45
2018 43.38
2019 43.39
2020 43.48

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Brazil was 13.76 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.76 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.87 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 5.87
1961 5.98
1962 6.08
1963 6.17
1964 6.23
1965 6.26
1966 6.30
1967 6.32
1968 6.32
1969 6.32
1970 6.32
1971 6.36
1972 6.40
1973 6.43
1974 6.45
1975 6.47
1976 6.52
1977 6.56
1978 6.58
1979 6.60
1980 6.61
1981 6.64
1982 6.66
1983 6.67
1984 6.68
1985 6.70
1986 6.77
1987 6.83
1988 6.89
1989 6.96
1990 7.03
1991 7.17
1992 7.30
1993 7.43
1994 7.53
1995 7.62
1996 7.73
1997 7.81
1998 7.89
1999 7.98
2000 8.10
2001 8.27
2002 8.45
2003 8.65
2004 8.84
2005 9.01
2006 9.20
2007 9.38
2008 9.56
2009 9.75
2010 9.98
2011 10.24
2012 10.52
2013 10.83
2014 11.16
2015 11.52
2016 11.92
2017 12.34
2018 12.79
2019 13.27
2020 13.76

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Brazil was 29.71 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 81.81 in 1963 and a minimum value of 29.71 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 80.41
1961 81.03
1962 81.52
1963 81.81
1964 81.79
1965 81.43
1966 81.33
1967 80.74
1968 79.82
1969 78.76
1970 77.66
1971 76.59
1972 75.48
1973 74.32
1974 73.06
1975 71.72
1976 70.52
1977 69.32
1978 68.14
1979 66.98
1980 65.87
1981 65.16
1982 64.40
1983 63.62
1984 62.84
1985 62.05
1986 61.45
1987 60.71
1988 59.87
1989 58.97
1990 58.04
1991 56.93
1992 55.89
1993 54.83
1994 53.67
1995 52.41
1996 51.22
1997 49.96
1998 48.67
1999 47.40
2000 46.19
2001 45.18
2002 44.13
2003 43.08
2004 42.05
2005 41.06
2006 40.04
2007 39.08
2008 38.16
2009 37.24
2010 36.31
2011 35.42
2012 34.56
2013 33.73
2014 32.95
2015 32.23
2016 31.66
2017 31.11
2018 30.59
2019 30.13
2020 29.71

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population