Ecuador - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Ecuador was 53.81 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 97.06 in 1966 and 53.81 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 92.68
1961 93.55
1962 94.71
1963 95.89
1964 96.63
1965 96.75
1966 97.06
1967 96.78
1968 96.09
1969 95.25
1970 94.38
1971 93.95
1972 93.34
1973 92.59
1974 91.72
1975 90.74
1976 89.98
1977 89.08
1978 88.03
1979 86.86
1980 85.59
1981 84.46
1982 83.26
1983 82.00
1984 80.70
1985 79.38
1986 78.32
1987 77.20
1988 76.07
1989 74.96
1990 73.89
1991 73.02
1992 72.14
1993 71.27
1994 70.41
1995 69.58
1996 68.93
1997 68.31
1998 67.69
1999 67.02
2000 66.27
2001 65.69
2002 64.98
2003 64.19
2004 63.41
2005 62.68
2006 61.82
2007 61.05
2008 60.33
2009 59.59
2010 58.81
2011 58.06
2012 57.29
2013 56.55
2014 55.92
2015 55.43
2016 54.97
2017 54.59
2018 54.29
2019 54.03
2020 53.81

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Ecuador was 11.68 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11.68 in 2020 and a minimum value of 7.35 in 1989.

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 9.05
1961 9.04
1962 9.01
1963 8.95
1964 8.87
1965 8.76
1966 8.69
1967 8.60
1968 8.49
1969 8.36
1970 8.23
1971 8.15
1972 8.06
1973 7.97
1974 7.88
1975 7.80
1976 7.78
1977 7.76
1978 7.73
1979 7.69
1980 7.63
1981 7.60
1982 7.55
1983 7.49
1984 7.44
1985 7.38
1986 7.37
1987 7.36
1988 7.35
1989 7.35
1990 7.35
1991 7.40
1992 7.45
1993 7.50
1994 7.56
1995 7.62
1996 7.72
1997 7.82
1998 7.92
1999 8.02
2000 8.13
2001 8.25
2002 8.37
2003 8.49
2004 8.63
2005 8.78
2006 8.91
2007 9.06
2008 9.22
2009 9.38
2010 9.52
2011 9.64
2012 9.75
2013 9.88
2014 10.04
2015 10.26
2016 10.48
2017 10.75
2018 11.04
2019 11.36
2020 11.68

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Ecuador was 42.13 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 88.37 in 1966 and a minimum value of 42.13 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 83.63
1961 84.51
1962 85.71
1963 86.94
1964 87.76
1965 88.00
1966 88.37
1967 88.18
1968 87.60
1969 86.89
1970 86.16
1971 85.80
1972 85.27
1973 84.62
1974 83.84
1975 82.94
1976 82.20
1977 81.32
1978 80.30
1979 79.17
1980 77.96
1981 76.86
1982 75.71
1983 74.51
1984 73.26
1985 72.00
1986 70.95
1987 69.84
1988 68.72
1989 67.61
1990 66.54
1991 65.62
1992 64.70
1993 63.77
1994 62.86
1995 61.96
1996 61.21
1997 60.49
1998 59.77
1999 59.00
2000 58.14
2001 57.44
2002 56.60
2003 55.69
2004 54.78
2005 53.90
2006 52.91
2007 51.99
2008 51.11
2009 50.22
2010 49.29
2011 48.41
2012 47.53
2013 46.67
2014 45.87
2015 45.17
2016 44.49
2017 43.84
2018 43.24
2019 42.68
2020 42.13

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population