Latvia - Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Latvia was 59.03 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 59.03 in 2020 and 46.07 in 2005.

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 48.40
1961 48.69
1962 48.98
1963 49.28
1964 49.53
1965 49.73
1966 50.05
1967 50.25
1968 50.36
1969 50.47
1970 50.64
1971 50.79
1972 51.01
1973 51.21
1974 51.24
1975 51.03
1976 51.37
1977 51.32
1978 50.98
1979 50.56
1980 50.15
1981 49.71
1982 49.46
1983 49.35
1984 49.27
1985 49.18
1986 49.44
1987 49.60
1988 49.72
1989 49.86
1990 50.00
1991 50.86
1992 51.60
1993 52.17
1994 52.50
1995 52.58
1996 52.06
1997 51.40
1998 50.64
1999 49.79
2000 48.91
2001 48.27
2002 47.72
2003 47.19
2004 46.63
2005 46.07
2006 46.34
2007 46.53
2008 46.74
2009 47.09
2010 47.64
2011 48.53
2012 49.50
2013 50.56
2014 51.70
2015 52.94
2016 53.63
2017 54.82
2018 56.35
2019 57.84
2020 59.03

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