IBRD only - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in IBRD only was 47.89 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 80.91 in 1966 and 46.97 in 2015.

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 76.75
1961 77.56
1962 78.65
1963 79.73
1964 80.36
1965 80.41
1966 80.91
1967 80.75
1968 80.18
1969 79.56
1970 79.04
1971 78.92
1972 78.70
1973 78.38
1974 77.88
1975 77.16
1976 76.47
1977 75.59
1978 74.54
1979 73.38
1980 72.17
1981 71.00
1982 69.88
1983 68.79
1984 67.74
1985 66.74
1986 66.17
1987 65.58
1988 64.99
1989 64.40
1990 63.75
1991 63.43
1992 62.85
1993 62.11
1994 61.35
1995 60.61
1996 59.60
1997 58.80
1998 58.05
1999 57.15
2000 56.04
2001 55.16
2002 54.07
2003 52.87
2004 51.75
2005 50.79
2006 50.00
2007 49.34
2008 48.80
2009 48.32
2010 47.89
2011 47.60
2012 47.34
2013 47.12
2014 47.00
2015 46.97
2016 47.08
2017 47.27
2018 47.50
2019 47.72
2020 47.89

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in IBRD only was 13.42 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.42 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.85 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 6.85
1961 6.95
1962 7.02
1963 7.06
1964 7.07
1965 7.05
1966 7.17
1967 7.26
1968 7.33
1969 7.38
1970 7.43
1971 7.54
1972 7.64
1973 7.72
1974 7.80
1975 7.86
1976 7.98
1977 8.08
1978 8.17
1979 8.22
1980 8.24
1981 8.27
1982 8.28
1983 8.26
1984 8.24
1985 8.23
1986 8.26
1987 8.30
1988 8.33
1989 8.37
1990 8.43
1991 8.55
1992 8.67
1993 8.79
1994 8.89
1995 8.98
1996 9.10
1997 9.20
1998 9.28
1999 9.35
2000 9.42
2001 9.53
2002 9.63
2003 9.72
2004 9.78
2005 9.82
2006 9.89
2007 9.94
2008 9.98
2009 10.04
2010 10.13
2011 10.27
2012 10.43
2013 10.62
2014 10.86
2015 11.16
2016 11.56
2017 12.01
2018 12.49
2019 12.97
2020 13.42

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in IBRD only was 34.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 72.96 in 1966 and a minimum value of 34.20 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 69.34
1961 70.03
1962 71.02
1963 72.01
1964 72.59
1965 72.63
1966 72.96
1967 72.69
1968 72.04
1969 71.36
1970 70.78
1971 70.54
1972 70.21
1973 69.81
1974 69.26
1975 68.50
1976 67.73
1977 66.78
1978 65.68
1979 64.49
1980 63.26
1981 62.04
1982 60.89
1983 59.78
1984 58.70
1985 57.68
1986 57.04
1987 56.41
1988 55.79
1989 55.16
1990 54.47
1991 54.10
1992 53.42
1993 52.58
1994 51.73
1995 50.95
1996 49.81
1997 48.95
1998 48.16
1999 47.21
2000 46.02
2001 45.04
2002 43.82
2003 42.48
2004 41.25
2005 40.22
2006 39.36
2007 38.65
2008 38.08
2009 37.58
2010 37.10
2011 36.70
2012 36.32
2013 35.96
2014 35.64
2015 35.36
2016 35.12
2017 34.90
2018 34.69
2019 34.46
2020 34.20

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population