Comoros - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Comoros was 72.79 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 96.50 in 1989 and 72.79 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 80.22
1961 82.04
1962 83.88
1963 85.63
1964 87.07
1965 88.09
1966 89.42
1967 90.26
1968 90.73
1969 90.92
1970 90.92
1971 91.40
1972 91.58
1973 91.54
1974 91.42
1975 91.39
1976 91.74
1977 91.97
1978 92.15
1979 92.29
1980 92.33
1981 93.02
1982 93.65
1983 94.19
1984 94.60
1985 94.89
1986 95.67
1987 96.16
1988 96.41
1989 96.50
1990 96.43
1991 96.49
1992 96.31
1993 95.90
1994 95.26
1995 94.38
1996 93.54
1997 92.54
1998 91.39
1999 90.10
2000 88.72
2001 87.63
2002 86.41
2003 85.15
2004 83.90
2005 82.71
2006 81.85
2007 81.00
2008 80.18
2009 79.36
2010 78.55
2011 77.99
2012 77.40
2013 76.79
2014 76.17
2015 75.55
2016 75.13
2017 74.63
2018 74.05
2019 73.43
2020 72.79

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Comoros was 5.37 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.30 in 1983 and a minimum value of 5.08 in 2015.

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 5.76
1961 5.81
1962 5.83
1963 5.82
1964 5.78
1965 5.71
1966 5.77
1967 5.79
1968 5.80
1969 5.78
1970 5.76
1971 5.84
1972 5.92
1973 5.96
1974 5.99
1975 6.00
1976 6.06
1977 6.12
1978 6.15
1979 6.17
1980 6.19
1981 6.25
1982 6.28
1983 6.30
1984 6.29
1985 6.26
1986 6.29
1987 6.29
1988 6.27
1989 6.23
1990 6.18
1991 6.18
1992 6.15
1993 6.12
1994 6.06
1995 6.00
1996 5.97
1997 5.92
1998 5.87
1999 5.80
2000 5.73
2001 5.70
2002 5.66
2003 5.61
2004 5.55
2005 5.48
2006 5.46
2007 5.43
2008 5.39
2009 5.34
2010 5.27
2011 5.23
2012 5.18
2013 5.13
2014 5.09
2015 5.08
2016 5.12
2017 5.17
2018 5.23
2019 5.30
2020 5.37

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Comoros was 67.42 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 90.31 in 1991 and a minimum value of 67.42 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 74.45
1961 76.23
1962 78.05
1963 79.81
1964 81.29
1965 82.38
1966 83.65
1967 84.47
1968 84.94
1969 85.14
1970 85.16
1971 85.56
1972 85.67
1973 85.57
1974 85.43
1975 85.40
1976 85.68
1977 85.86
1978 86.00
1979 86.12
1980 86.15
1981 86.77
1982 87.36
1983 87.89
1984 88.31
1985 88.62
1986 89.39
1987 89.87
1988 90.14
1989 90.26
1990 90.25
1991 90.31
1992 90.15
1993 89.79
1994 89.19
1995 88.38
1996 87.57
1997 86.61
1998 85.52
1999 84.30
2000 82.99
2001 81.93
2002 80.75
2003 79.54
2004 78.35
2005 77.23
2006 76.39
2007 75.57
2008 74.79
2009 74.03
2010 73.29
2011 72.76
2012 72.21
2013 71.65
2014 71.08
2015 70.47
2016 70.01
2017 69.45
2018 68.82
2019 68.14
2020 67.42

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population