IDA only - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in IDA only was 74.13 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 92.86 in 1982 and 74.13 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 84.27
1961 85.34
1962 86.21
1963 86.90
1964 87.40
1965 87.73
1966 88.74
1967 89.45
1968 89.92
1969 90.17
1970 90.22
1971 90.89
1972 91.33
1973 91.57
1974 91.66
1975 91.64
1976 92.15
1977 92.41
1978 92.50
1979 92.46
1980 92.32
1981 92.70
1982 92.86
1983 92.82
1984 92.64
1985 92.34
1986 92.57
1987 92.55
1988 92.35
1989 92.01
1990 91.56
1991 91.36
1992 91.02
1993 90.55
1994 89.94
1995 89.19
1996 88.95
1997 88.53
1998 87.96
1999 87.30
2000 86.59
2001 86.22
2002 85.75
2003 85.21
2004 84.63
2005 84.01
2006 83.68
2007 83.27
2008 82.79
2009 82.23
2010 81.60
2011 81.04
2012 80.38
2013 79.64
2014 78.86
2015 78.05
2016 77.34
2017 76.58
2018 75.78
2019 74.96
2020 74.13

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in IDA only was 6.29 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.29 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.42 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 5.42
1961 5.47
1962 5.50
1963 5.51
1964 5.50
1965 5.49
1966 5.56
1967 5.61
1968 5.65
1969 5.66
1970 5.66
1971 5.74
1972 5.79
1973 5.83
1974 5.85
1975 5.86
1976 5.92
1977 5.96
1978 5.98
1979 5.98
1980 5.97
1981 6.00
1982 6.00
1983 5.99
1984 5.96
1985 5.92
1986 5.96
1987 5.98
1988 6.00
1989 6.00
1990 5.98
1991 6.02
1992 6.04
1993 6.05
1994 6.05
1995 6.05
1996 6.08
1997 6.10
1998 6.11
1999 6.11
2000 6.09
2001 6.11
2002 6.11
2003 6.11
2004 6.10
2005 6.08
2006 6.11
2007 6.13
2008 6.14
2009 6.14
2010 6.13
2011 6.16
2012 6.17
2013 6.18
2014 6.18
2015 6.18
2016 6.20
2017 6.22
2018 6.24
2019 6.26
2020 6.29

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in IDA only was 65.97 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 86.58 in 1982 and a minimum value of 65.97 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 78.62
1961 79.64
1962 80.49
1963 81.16
1964 81.67
1965 82.01
1966 82.96
1967 83.63
1968 84.07
1969 84.32
1970 84.37
1971 84.97
1972 85.35
1973 85.56
1974 85.63
1975 85.59
1976 86.03
1977 86.25
1978 86.31
1979 86.25
1980 86.10
1981 86.45
1982 86.58
1983 86.55
1984 86.38
1985 86.10
1986 86.26
1987 86.19
1988 85.94
1989 85.56
1990 85.08
1991 84.81
1992 84.40
1993 83.86
1994 83.19
1995 82.40
1996 82.04
1997 81.53
1998 80.89
1999 80.17
2000 79.41
2001 78.96
2002 78.43
2003 77.84
2004 77.21
2005 76.56
2006 76.12
2007 75.62
2008 75.08
2009 74.47
2010 73.80
2011 73.16
2012 72.44
2013 71.67
2014 70.85
2015 70.03
2016 69.26
2017 68.46
2018 67.64
2019 66.81
2020 65.97

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population