Mauritius - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Mauritius was 41.45 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 97.35 in 1963 and 41.29 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 | 96.39 |
| 1961 | 96.65 |
| 1962 | 97.05 |
| 1963 | 97.35 |
| 1964 | 97.09 |
| 1965 | 96.06 |
| 1966 | 95.26 |
| 1967 | 93.45 |
| 1968 | 91.09 |
| 1969 | 88.69 |
| 1970 | 86.40 |
| 1971 | 83.19 |
| 1972 | 80.68 |
| 1973 | 78.53 |
| 1974 | 76.27 |
| 1975 | 73.71 |
| 1976 | 70.71 |
| 1977 | 68.03 |
| 1978 | 66.10 |
| 1979 | 65.07 |
| 1980 | 64.62 |
| 1981 | 63.07 |
| 1982 | 61.46 |
| 1983 | 59.79 |
| 1984 | 58.12 |
| 1985 | 56.50 |
| 1986 | 55.23 |
| 1987 | 53.93 |
| 1988 | 52.68 |
| 1989 | 51.62 |
| 1990 | 50.82 |
| 1991 | 49.95 |
| 1992 | 49.50 |
| 1993 | 49.29 |
| 1994 | 49.03 |
| 1995 | 48.56 |
| 1996 | 48.70 |
| 1997 | 48.31 |
| 1998 | 47.67 |
| 1999 | 47.13 |
| 2000 | 46.84 |
| 2001 | 46.27 |
| 2002 | 46.17 |
| 2003 | 46.26 |
| 2004 | 46.12 |
| 2005 | 45.59 |
| 2006 | 45.17 |
| 2007 | 44.34 |
| 2008 | 43.33 |
| 2009 | 42.50 |
| 2010 | 41.99 |
| 2011 | 41.48 |
| 2012 | 41.29 |
| 2013 | 41.34 |
| 2014 | 41.45 |
| 2015 | 41.55 |
| 2016 | 41.53 |
| 2017 | 41.46 |
| 2018 | 41.38 |
| 2019 | 41.36 |
| 2020 | 41.45 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Mauritius was 17.71 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.71 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4.81 in 1970.
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 | 4.86 |
| 1961 | 4.89 |
| 1962 | 4.90 |
| 1963 | 4.90 |
| 1964 | 4.88 |
| 1965 | 4.85 |
| 1966 | 4.87 |
| 1967 | 4.86 |
| 1968 | 4.85 |
| 1969 | 4.84 |
| 1970 | 4.81 |
| 1971 | 4.82 |
| 1972 | 4.83 |
| 1973 | 4.83 |
| 1974 | 4.84 |
| 1975 | 4.82 |
| 1976 | 4.98 |
| 1977 | 5.17 |
| 1978 | 5.40 |
| 1979 | 5.67 |
| 1980 | 5.98 |
| 1981 | 6.09 |
| 1982 | 6.17 |
| 1983 | 6.25 |
| 1984 | 6.33 |
| 1985 | 6.42 |
| 1986 | 6.56 |
| 1987 | 6.71 |
| 1988 | 6.86 |
| 1989 | 6.99 |
| 1990 | 7.10 |
| 1991 | 7.25 |
| 1992 | 7.38 |
| 1993 | 7.49 |
| 1994 | 7.60 |
| 1995 | 7.73 |
| 1996 | 8.02 |
| 1997 | 8.30 |
| 1998 | 8.56 |
| 1999 | 8.80 |
| 2000 | 9.02 |
| 2001 | 9.14 |
| 2002 | 9.28 |
| 2003 | 9.41 |
| 2004 | 9.51 |
| 2005 | 9.59 |
| 2006 | 9.79 |
| 2007 | 9.97 |
| 2008 | 10.17 |
| 2009 | 10.45 |
| 2010 | 10.83 |
| 2011 | 11.34 |
| 2012 | 11.93 |
| 2013 | 12.59 |
| 2014 | 13.32 |
| 2015 | 14.09 |
| 2016 | 14.78 |
| 2017 | 15.49 |
| 2018 | 16.22 |
| 2019 | 16.96 |
| 2020 | 17.71 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Mauritius was 23.74 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 92.45 in 1963 and a minimum value of 23.74 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 | 91.53 |
| 1961 | 91.76 |
| 1962 | 92.15 |
| 1963 | 92.45 |
| 1964 | 92.21 |
| 1965 | 91.20 |
| 1966 | 90.39 |
| 1967 | 88.59 |
| 1968 | 86.24 |
| 1969 | 83.86 |
| 1970 | 81.59 |
| 1971 | 78.37 |
| 1972 | 75.85 |
| 1973 | 73.70 |
| 1974 | 71.44 |
| 1975 | 68.89 |
| 1976 | 65.73 |
| 1977 | 62.87 |
| 1978 | 60.71 |
| 1979 | 59.40 |
| 1980 | 58.64 |
| 1981 | 56.98 |
| 1982 | 55.29 |
| 1983 | 53.55 |
| 1984 | 51.79 |
| 1985 | 50.08 |
| 1986 | 48.66 |
| 1987 | 47.21 |
| 1988 | 45.82 |
| 1989 | 44.63 |
| 1990 | 43.72 |
| 1991 | 42.70 |
| 1992 | 42.13 |
| 1993 | 41.80 |
| 1994 | 41.43 |
| 1995 | 40.83 |
| 1996 | 40.68 |
| 1997 | 40.01 |
| 1998 | 39.11 |
| 1999 | 38.33 |
| 2000 | 37.82 |
| 2001 | 37.13 |
| 2002 | 36.89 |
| 2003 | 36.85 |
| 2004 | 36.61 |
| 2005 | 36.00 |
| 2006 | 35.38 |
| 2007 | 34.37 |
| 2008 | 33.16 |
| 2009 | 32.05 |
| 2010 | 31.16 |
| 2011 | 30.15 |
| 2012 | 29.36 |
| 2013 | 28.75 |
| 2014 | 28.14 |
| 2015 | 27.46 |
| 2016 | 26.75 |
| 2017 | 25.97 |
| 2018 | 25.16 |
| 2019 | 24.40 |
| 2020 | 23.74 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
