Guinea-Bissau - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Guinea-Bissau was 81.20 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 99.58 in 1988 and 77.38 in 1960.
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 | 77.38 |
| 1961 | 77.91 |
| 1962 | 78.67 |
| 1963 | 79.43 |
| 1964 | 79.75 |
| 1965 | 79.49 |
| 1966 | 79.87 |
| 1967 | 79.60 |
| 1968 | 78.96 |
| 1969 | 78.35 |
| 1970 | 77.94 |
| 1971 | 78.48 |
| 1972 | 79.05 |
| 1973 | 79.64 |
| 1974 | 80.17 |
| 1975 | 80.61 |
| 1976 | 82.62 |
| 1977 | 84.51 |
| 1978 | 86.33 |
| 1979 | 88.20 |
| 1980 | 90.18 |
| 1981 | 91.91 |
| 1982 | 93.63 |
| 1983 | 95.22 |
| 1984 | 96.49 |
| 1985 | 97.33 |
| 1986 | 98.75 |
| 1987 | 99.44 |
| 1988 | 99.58 |
| 1989 | 99.47 |
| 1990 | 99.22 |
| 1991 | 99.27 |
| 1992 | 99.18 |
| 1993 | 98.85 |
| 1994 | 98.12 |
| 1995 | 96.97 |
| 1996 | 96.93 |
| 1997 | 96.39 |
| 1998 | 95.52 |
| 1999 | 94.55 |
| 2000 | 93.56 |
| 2001 | 92.58 |
| 2002 | 91.52 |
| 2003 | 90.39 |
| 2004 | 89.23 |
| 2005 | 88.06 |
| 2006 | 87.42 |
| 2007 | 86.73 |
| 2008 | 86.03 |
| 2009 | 85.34 |
| 2010 | 84.68 |
| 2011 | 84.46 |
| 2012 | 84.12 |
| 2013 | 83.74 |
| 2014 | 83.36 |
| 2015 | 82.98 |
| 2016 | 82.87 |
| 2017 | 82.67 |
| 2018 | 82.36 |
| 2019 | 81.87 |
| 2020 | 81.20 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Guinea-Bissau was 5.23 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.57 in 1978 and a minimum value of 4.88 in 2014.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.25 |
| 1961 | 6.35 |
| 1962 | 6.46 |
| 1963 | 6.55 |
| 1964 | 6.59 |
| 1965 | 6.58 |
| 1966 | 6.61 |
| 1967 | 6.60 |
| 1968 | 6.57 |
| 1969 | 6.55 |
| 1970 | 6.56 |
| 1971 | 6.68 |
| 1972 | 6.82 |
| 1973 | 6.95 |
| 1974 | 7.07 |
| 1975 | 7.17 |
| 1976 | 7.37 |
| 1977 | 7.51 |
| 1978 | 7.57 |
| 1979 | 7.54 |
| 1980 | 7.40 |
| 1981 | 7.45 |
| 1982 | 7.45 |
| 1983 | 7.42 |
| 1984 | 7.34 |
| 1985 | 7.21 |
| 1986 | 7.17 |
| 1987 | 7.09 |
| 1988 | 6.97 |
| 1989 | 6.82 |
| 1990 | 6.66 |
| 1991 | 6.60 |
| 1992 | 6.51 |
| 1993 | 6.40 |
| 1994 | 6.26 |
| 1995 | 6.10 |
| 1996 | 6.05 |
| 1997 | 5.98 |
| 1998 | 5.89 |
| 1999 | 5.78 |
| 2000 | 5.66 |
| 2001 | 5.58 |
| 2002 | 5.49 |
| 2003 | 5.38 |
| 2004 | 5.28 |
| 2005 | 5.19 |
| 2006 | 5.16 |
| 2007 | 5.14 |
| 2008 | 5.11 |
| 2009 | 5.06 |
| 2010 | 5.00 |
| 2011 | 4.98 |
| 2012 | 4.94 |
| 2013 | 4.90 |
| 2014 | 4.88 |
| 2015 | 4.89 |
| 2016 | 4.97 |
| 2017 | 5.06 |
| 2018 | 5.15 |
| 2019 | 5.21 |
| 2020 | 5.23 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Guinea-Bissau was 75.97 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 92.68 in 1991 and a minimum value of 71.13 in 1960.
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 | 71.13 |
| 1961 | 71.55 |
| 1962 | 72.22 |
| 1963 | 72.88 |
| 1964 | 73.16 |
| 1965 | 72.92 |
| 1966 | 73.26 |
| 1967 | 73.00 |
| 1968 | 72.40 |
| 1969 | 71.80 |
| 1970 | 71.38 |
| 1971 | 71.80 |
| 1972 | 72.23 |
| 1973 | 72.69 |
| 1974 | 73.10 |
| 1975 | 73.43 |
| 1976 | 75.25 |
| 1977 | 77.00 |
| 1978 | 78.76 |
| 1979 | 80.67 |
| 1980 | 82.78 |
| 1981 | 84.47 |
| 1982 | 86.18 |
| 1983 | 87.81 |
| 1984 | 89.16 |
| 1985 | 90.11 |
| 1986 | 91.58 |
| 1987 | 92.35 |
| 1988 | 92.62 |
| 1989 | 92.64 |
| 1990 | 92.56 |
| 1991 | 92.68 |
| 1992 | 92.67 |
| 1993 | 92.45 |
| 1994 | 91.86 |
| 1995 | 90.88 |
| 1996 | 90.88 |
| 1997 | 90.41 |
| 1998 | 89.63 |
| 1999 | 88.76 |
| 2000 | 87.91 |
| 2001 | 87.00 |
| 2002 | 86.03 |
| 2003 | 85.01 |
| 2004 | 83.94 |
| 2005 | 82.87 |
| 2006 | 82.26 |
| 2007 | 81.60 |
| 2008 | 80.92 |
| 2009 | 80.28 |
| 2010 | 79.68 |
| 2011 | 79.47 |
| 2012 | 79.18 |
| 2013 | 78.84 |
| 2014 | 78.48 |
| 2015 | 78.09 |
| 2016 | 77.90 |
| 2017 | 77.61 |
| 2018 | 77.21 |
| 2019 | 76.67 |
| 2020 | 75.97 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
