Dem. Rep. Congo - Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 95.37 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 97.66 in 2014 and 85.99 in 1965.

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 86.22
1961 86.62
1962 86.64
1963 86.44
1964 86.19
1965 85.99
1966 86.64
1967 87.14
1968 87.52
1969 87.74
1970 87.77
1971 88.54
1972 89.03
1973 89.28
1974 89.38
1975 89.36
1976 89.99
1977 90.38
1978 90.58
1979 90.60
1980 90.46
1981 91.04
1982 91.39
1983 91.55
1984 91.57
1985 91.50
1986 92.05
1987 92.33
1988 92.43
1989 92.47
1990 92.56
1991 93.11
1992 93.53
1993 93.85
1994 93.98
1995 93.80
1996 94.32
1997 94.53
1998 94.50
1999 94.33
2000 94.15
2001 94.53
2002 94.79
2003 94.96
2004 95.07
2005 95.10
2006 95.67
2007 96.04
2008 96.29
2009 96.46
2010 96.59
2011 97.10
2012 97.46
2013 97.65
2014 97.66
2015 97.48
2016 97.50
2017 97.25
2018 96.79
2019 96.15
2020 95.37

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