Costa Rica - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Costa Rica was 45.10 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 95.08 in 1962 and 44.54 in 2016.

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 93.49
1961 94.70
1962 95.08
1963 94.95
1964 94.68
1965 94.38
1966 94.28
1967 93.89
1968 93.18
1969 92.05
1970 90.47
1971 88.38
1972 86.07
1973 83.58
1974 81.02
1975 78.52
1976 76.15
1977 74.03
1978 72.14
1979 70.42
1980 68.87
1981 68.06
1982 67.18
1983 66.39
1984 65.90
1985 65.76
1986 65.84
1987 66.20
1988 66.69
1989 67.08
1990 67.23
1991 67.15
1992 66.74
1993 66.08
1994 65.26
1995 64.36
1996 63.30
1997 62.18
1998 60.96
1999 59.59
2000 58.08
2001 56.77
2002 55.32
2003 53.81
2004 52.36
2005 51.03
2006 49.80
2007 48.73
2008 47.79
2009 46.96
2010 46.22
2011 45.73
2012 45.31
2013 44.96
2014 44.72
2015 44.58
2016 44.54
2017 44.57
2018 44.66
2019 44.84
2020 45.10

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Costa Rica was 14.88 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14.88 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.80 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 5.80
1961 5.84
1962 5.86
1963 5.88
1964 5.90
1965 5.93
1966 5.99
1967 6.05
1968 6.11
1969 6.17
1970 6.21
1971 6.27
1972 6.31
1973 6.35
1974 6.38
1975 6.42
1976 6.48
1977 6.53
1978 6.58
1979 6.62
1980 6.66
1981 6.72
1982 6.78
1983 6.83
1984 6.90
1985 6.99
1986 7.11
1987 7.23
1988 7.37
1989 7.51
1990 7.66
1991 7.79
1992 7.92
1993 8.04
1994 8.16
1995 8.29
1996 8.39
1997 8.50
1998 8.60
1999 8.71
2000 8.82
2001 8.96
2002 9.11
2003 9.26
2004 9.42
2005 9.60
2006 9.77
2007 9.95
2008 10.15
2009 10.39
2010 10.68
2011 10.99
2012 11.34
2013 11.73
2014 12.14
2015 12.55
2016 12.96
2017 13.37
2018 13.82
2019 14.31
2020 14.88

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Costa Rica was 30.22 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 89.22 in 1962 and a minimum value of 30.22 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 87.69
1961 88.86
1962 89.22
1963 89.07
1964 88.78
1965 88.45
1966 88.29
1967 87.83
1968 87.06
1969 85.89
1970 84.26
1971 82.11
1972 79.75
1973 77.23
1974 74.64
1975 72.10
1976 69.67
1977 67.50
1978 65.56
1979 63.80
1980 62.21
1981 61.34
1982 60.40
1983 59.56
1984 58.99
1985 58.76
1986 58.73
1987 58.96
1988 59.32
1989 59.57
1990 59.56
1991 59.36
1992 58.83
1993 58.04
1994 57.10
1995 56.07
1996 54.90
1997 53.68
1998 52.36
1999 50.89
2000 49.26
2001 47.80
2002 46.21
2003 44.55
2004 42.94
2005 41.44
2006 40.03
2007 38.78
2008 37.64
2009 36.57
2010 35.54
2011 34.74
2012 33.96
2013 33.23
2014 32.58
2015 32.02
2016 31.58
2017 31.19
2018 30.85
2019 30.53
2020 30.22

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population