Iran - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Iran was 45.58 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 97.11 in 1988 and 40.98 in 2012.
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 | 87.78 |
| 1961 | 89.40 |
| 1962 | 91.05 |
| 1963 | 92.45 |
| 1964 | 93.24 |
| 1965 | 93.29 |
| 1966 | 93.66 |
| 1967 | 93.27 |
| 1968 | 92.36 |
| 1969 | 91.26 |
| 1970 | 90.17 |
| 1971 | 89.64 |
| 1972 | 89.00 |
| 1973 | 88.32 |
| 1974 | 87.65 |
| 1975 | 87.04 |
| 1976 | 86.83 |
| 1977 | 86.67 |
| 1978 | 86.61 |
| 1979 | 86.72 |
| 1980 | 87.13 |
| 1981 | 88.63 |
| 1982 | 90.18 |
| 1983 | 91.71 |
| 1984 | 93.05 |
| 1985 | 94.10 |
| 1986 | 95.74 |
| 1987 | 96.76 |
| 1988 | 97.11 |
| 1989 | 96.71 |
| 1990 | 95.48 |
| 1991 | 94.07 |
| 1992 | 91.93 |
| 1993 | 89.20 |
| 1994 | 86.09 |
| 1995 | 82.72 |
| 1996 | 78.41 |
| 1997 | 74.29 |
| 1998 | 70.24 |
| 1999 | 66.20 |
| 2000 | 62.19 |
| 2001 | 58.43 |
| 2002 | 54.84 |
| 2003 | 51.56 |
| 2004 | 48.70 |
| 2005 | 46.32 |
| 2006 | 44.66 |
| 2007 | 43.30 |
| 2008 | 42.29 |
| 2009 | 41.60 |
| 2010 | 41.23 |
| 2011 | 40.98 |
| 2012 | 40.98 |
| 2013 | 41.20 |
| 2014 | 41.63 |
| 2015 | 42.22 |
| 2016 | 42.75 |
| 2017 | 43.44 |
| 2018 | 44.22 |
| 2019 | 44.96 |
| 2020 | 45.58 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Iran was 9.56 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.56 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.51 in 1983.
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 | 7.54 |
| 1961 | 7.45 |
| 1962 | 7.33 |
| 1963 | 7.18 |
| 1964 | 7.00 |
| 1965 | 6.81 |
| 1966 | 6.75 |
| 1967 | 6.67 |
| 1968 | 6.56 |
| 1969 | 6.43 |
| 1970 | 6.29 |
| 1971 | 6.26 |
| 1972 | 6.22 |
| 1973 | 6.16 |
| 1974 | 6.07 |
| 1975 | 5.95 |
| 1976 | 5.90 |
| 1977 | 5.83 |
| 1978 | 5.74 |
| 1979 | 5.64 |
| 1980 | 5.54 |
| 1981 | 5.54 |
| 1982 | 5.53 |
| 1983 | 5.51 |
| 1984 | 5.52 |
| 1985 | 5.58 |
| 1986 | 5.75 |
| 1987 | 5.94 |
| 1988 | 6.14 |
| 1989 | 6.30 |
| 1990 | 6.43 |
| 1991 | 6.58 |
| 1992 | 6.70 |
| 1993 | 6.80 |
| 1994 | 6.88 |
| 1995 | 6.96 |
| 1996 | 7.02 |
| 1997 | 7.06 |
| 1998 | 7.09 |
| 1999 | 7.11 |
| 2000 | 7.10 |
| 2001 | 7.09 |
| 2002 | 7.07 |
| 2003 | 7.04 |
| 2004 | 7.00 |
| 2005 | 6.97 |
| 2006 | 6.99 |
| 2007 | 7.02 |
| 2008 | 7.07 |
| 2009 | 7.15 |
| 2010 | 7.27 |
| 2011 | 7.41 |
| 2012 | 7.57 |
| 2013 | 7.76 |
| 2014 | 7.99 |
| 2015 | 8.26 |
| 2016 | 8.44 |
| 2017 | 8.66 |
| 2018 | 8.92 |
| 2019 | 9.22 |
| 2020 | 9.56 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Iran was 36.02 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 90.98 in 1988 and a minimum value of 33.40 in 2012.
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 | 80.24 |
| 1961 | 81.95 |
| 1962 | 83.72 |
| 1963 | 85.27 |
| 1964 | 86.24 |
| 1965 | 86.48 |
| 1966 | 86.91 |
| 1967 | 86.61 |
| 1968 | 85.80 |
| 1969 | 84.84 |
| 1970 | 83.88 |
| 1971 | 83.37 |
| 1972 | 82.78 |
| 1973 | 82.16 |
| 1974 | 81.58 |
| 1975 | 81.09 |
| 1976 | 80.93 |
| 1977 | 80.85 |
| 1978 | 80.87 |
| 1979 | 81.09 |
| 1980 | 81.59 |
| 1981 | 83.08 |
| 1982 | 84.65 |
| 1983 | 86.19 |
| 1984 | 87.53 |
| 1985 | 88.53 |
| 1986 | 89.99 |
| 1987 | 90.82 |
| 1988 | 90.98 |
| 1989 | 90.40 |
| 1990 | 89.04 |
| 1991 | 87.49 |
| 1992 | 85.23 |
| 1993 | 82.41 |
| 1994 | 79.21 |
| 1995 | 75.76 |
| 1996 | 71.39 |
| 1997 | 67.22 |
| 1998 | 63.15 |
| 1999 | 59.09 |
| 2000 | 55.08 |
| 2001 | 51.34 |
| 2002 | 47.78 |
| 2003 | 44.52 |
| 2004 | 41.70 |
| 2005 | 39.35 |
| 2006 | 37.67 |
| 2007 | 36.29 |
| 2008 | 35.22 |
| 2009 | 34.45 |
| 2010 | 33.96 |
| 2011 | 33.57 |
| 2012 | 33.40 |
| 2013 | 33.44 |
| 2014 | 33.64 |
| 2015 | 33.96 |
| 2016 | 34.31 |
| 2017 | 34.78 |
| 2018 | 35.30 |
| 2019 | 35.74 |
| 2020 | 36.02 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
