Maldives - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Maldives was 30.20 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 101.52 in 1992 and 30.20 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 69.50
1961 71.78
1962 73.97
1963 76.15
1964 78.34
1965 80.48
1966 83.71
1967 86.94
1968 89.98
1969 92.59
1970 94.60
1971 95.42
1972 95.46
1973 94.94
1974 94.04
1975 92.94
1976 93.12
1977 92.87
1978 92.43
1979 92.10
1980 92.09
1981 92.40
1982 93.19
1983 94.21
1984 95.10
1985 95.69
1986 97.81
1987 99.17
1988 100.02
1989 100.69
1990 101.22
1991 101.47
1992 101.52
1993 101.16
1994 100.09
1995 98.13
1996 95.14
1997 91.59
1998 87.61
1999 83.45
2000 79.30
2001 73.78
2002 68.63
2003 63.92
2004 59.70
2005 55.99
2006 52.48
2007 49.40
2008 46.76
2009 44.49
2010 42.55
2011 40.25
2012 38.10
2013 36.25
2014 34.76
2015 33.61
2016 32.63
2017 31.88
2018 31.32
2019 30.81
2020 30.20

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Maldives was 4.68 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.90 in 2005 and a minimum value of 4.36 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 4.36
1961 4.40
1962 4.43
1963 4.43
1964 4.42
1965 4.37
1966 4.44
1967 4.48
1968 4.52
1969 4.54
1970 4.55
1971 4.58
1972 4.58
1973 4.58
1974 4.56
1975 4.54
1976 4.63
1977 4.71
1978 4.77
1979 4.82
1980 4.87
1981 4.94
1982 4.99
1983 5.03
1984 5.08
1985 5.12
1986 5.24
1987 5.35
1988 5.45
1989 5.54
1990 5.61
1991 5.72
1992 5.81
1993 5.89
1994 5.97
1995 6.07
1996 6.21
1997 6.35
1998 6.49
1999 6.62
2000 6.75
2001 6.79
2002 6.83
2003 6.87
2004 6.89
2005 6.90
2006 6.85
2007 6.78
2008 6.70
2009 6.60
2010 6.49
2011 6.19
2012 5.90
2013 5.64
2014 5.43
2015 5.26
2016 5.12
2017 4.98
2018 4.86
2019 4.76
2020 4.68

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Maldives was 25.52 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 95.75 in 1991 and a minimum value of 25.52 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 65.14
1961 67.39
1962 69.55
1963 71.72
1964 73.92
1965 76.11
1966 79.28
1967 82.46
1968 85.46
1969 88.05
1970 90.05
1971 90.84
1972 90.88
1973 90.35
1974 89.48
1975 88.40
1976 88.49
1977 88.16
1978 87.66
1979 87.28
1980 87.22
1981 87.46
1982 88.20
1983 89.18
1984 90.02
1985 90.57
1986 92.57
1987 93.82
1988 94.57
1989 95.15
1990 95.61
1991 95.75
1992 95.71
1993 95.28
1994 94.11
1995 92.06
1996 88.93
1997 85.23
1998 81.12
1999 76.83
2000 72.56
2001 66.98
2002 61.79
2003 57.05
2004 52.80
2005 49.09
2006 45.63
2007 42.62
2008 40.06
2009 37.88
2010 36.05
2011 34.06
2012 32.20
2013 30.61
2014 29.33
2015 28.35
2016 27.52
2017 26.90
2018 26.46
2019 26.04
2020 25.52

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population