Lao PDR - Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Lao PDR was 56.76 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 92.71 in 1993 and 56.76 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 81.01
1961 81.62
1962 82.11
1963 82.44
1964 82.56
1965 82.46
1966 82.89
1967 83.03
1968 82.97
1969 82.86
1970 82.75
1971 83.22
1972 83.62
1973 83.94
1974 84.14
1975 84.14
1976 86.05
1977 87.75
1978 89.27
1979 90.68
1980 92.05
1981 92.37
1982 92.57
1983 92.65
1984 92.61
1985 92.45
1986 92.47
1987 92.35
1988 92.14
1989 91.86
1990 91.54
1991 92.13
1992 92.52
1993 92.71
1994 92.63
1995 92.19
1996 92.29
1997 91.85
1998 90.99
1999 89.82
2000 88.43
2001 86.65
2002 84.85
2003 82.93
2004 80.79
2005 78.47
2006 75.96
2007 73.51
2008 71.17
2009 68.98
2010 66.98
2011 65.29
2012 63.64
2013 62.13
2014 60.86
2015 59.87
2016 59.03
2017 58.41
2018 57.93
2019 57.40
2020 56.76

Development Relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development.

Limitations and Exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: this indicator implies the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. Many times single or widowed women who are the sole caregiver of a household have a high dependency

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population