Lower middle income - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Lower middle income was 55.87 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 84.62 in 1967 and 55.87 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 79.01
1961 80.21
1962 81.43
1963 82.54
1964 83.34
1965 83.72
1966 84.40
1967 84.62
1968 84.51
1969 84.23
1970 83.87
1971 83.85
1972 83.70
1973 83.41
1974 82.99
1975 82.45
1976 82.36
1977 82.07
1978 81.64
1979 81.15
1980 80.65
1981 80.52
1982 80.32
1983 80.06
1984 79.70
1985 79.23
1986 79.13
1987 78.82
1988 78.34
1989 77.75
1990 77.09
1991 76.62
1992 76.03
1993 75.32
1994 74.46
1995 73.47
1996 72.61
1997 71.62
1998 70.53
1999 69.39
2000 68.24
2001 67.39
2002 66.51
2003 65.61
2004 64.72
2005 63.84
2006 63.12
2007 62.40
2008 61.70
2009 61.02
2010 60.34
2011 59.81
2012 59.25
2013 58.69
2014 58.16
2015 57.67
2016 57.28
2017 56.92
2018 56.58
2019 56.23
2020 55.87

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Lower middle income was 9.01 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.01 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.18 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 6.18
1961 6.27
1962 6.36
1963 6.42
1964 6.46
1965 6.47
1966 6.55
1967 6.60
1968 6.62
1969 6.62
1970 6.63
1971 6.70
1972 6.75
1973 6.78
1974 6.80
1975 6.80
1976 6.86
1977 6.91
1978 6.93
1979 6.93
1980 6.91
1981 6.94
1982 6.94
1983 6.92
1984 6.89
1985 6.87
1986 6.90
1987 6.92
1988 6.94
1989 6.95
1990 6.95
1991 7.02
1992 7.08
1993 7.13
1994 7.16
1995 7.17
1996 7.24
1997 7.29
1998 7.32
1999 7.35
2000 7.38
2001 7.45
2002 7.51
2003 7.55
2004 7.58
2005 7.59
2006 7.64
2007 7.67
2008 7.70
2009 7.72
2010 7.74
2011 7.80
2012 7.86
2013 7.92
2014 8.01
2015 8.11
2016 8.27
2017 8.44
2018 8.62
2019 8.81
2020 9.01

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Lower middle income was 45.91 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 77.51 in 1967 and a minimum value of 45.91 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 72.45
1961 73.54
1962 74.66
1963 75.69
1964 76.42
1965 76.77
1966 77.35
1967 77.51
1968 77.36
1969 77.06
1970 76.69
1971 76.59
1972 76.38
1973 76.07
1974 75.64
1975 75.11
1976 74.96
1977 74.62
1978 74.17
1979 73.68
1980 73.21
1981 73.04
1982 72.84
1983 72.60
1984 72.26
1985 71.80
1986 71.66
1987 71.32
1988 70.81
1989 70.20
1990 69.53
1991 68.98
1992 68.34
1993 67.58
1994 66.69
1995 65.68
1996 64.74
1997 63.69
1998 62.55
1999 61.36
2000 60.17
2001 59.23
2002 58.28
2003 57.32
2004 56.38
2005 55.46
2006 54.66
2007 53.88
2008 53.13
2009 52.41
2010 51.70
2011 51.08
2012 50.44
2013 49.80
2014 49.18
2015 48.59
2016 48.03
2017 47.51
2018 46.99
2019 46.46
2020 45.91

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population