Myanmar - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Myanmar was 46.46 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 85.92 in 1967 and 46.46 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 77.99
1961 79.56
1962 81.26
1963 82.88
1964 84.05
1965 84.67
1966 85.56
1967 85.92
1968 85.87
1969 85.62
1970 85.29
1971 85.45
1972 85.34
1973 85.05
1974 84.63
1975 84.13
1976 83.87
1977 83.51
1978 83.04
1979 82.41
1980 81.63
1981 81.16
1982 80.52
1983 79.71
1984 78.72
1985 77.55
1986 76.69
1987 75.54
1988 74.20
1989 72.78
1990 71.31
1991 70.05
1992 68.82
1993 67.57
1994 66.25
1995 64.88
1996 63.60
1997 62.33
1998 61.08
1999 59.88
2000 58.75
2001 58.11
2002 57.49
2003 56.91
2004 56.35
2005 55.79
2006 55.47
2007 55.08
2008 54.61
2009 54.08
2010 53.50
2011 52.63
2012 51.77
2013 50.91
2014 50.06
2015 49.22
2016 48.55
2017 47.95
2018 47.40
2019 46.90
2020 46.46

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Myanmar was 9.13 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.13 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.90 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.

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Year Value
1960 5.90
1961 6.02
1962 6.13
1963 6.21
1964 6.26
1965 6.29
1966 6.40
1967 6.47
1968 6.52
1969 6.54
1970 6.53
1971 6.60
1972 6.64
1973 6.66
1974 6.65
1975 6.63
1976 6.67
1977 6.68
1978 6.68
1979 6.67
1980 6.65
1981 6.71
1982 6.75
1983 6.78
1984 6.79
1985 6.78
1986 6.82
1987 6.84
1988 6.84
1989 6.83
1990 6.82
1991 6.89
1992 6.95
1993 6.99
1994 7.02
1995 7.03
1996 7.09
1997 7.13
1998 7.15
1999 7.15
2000 7.13
2001 7.18
2002 7.22
2003 7.23
2004 7.23
2005 7.22
2006 7.27
2007 7.31
2008 7.35
2009 7.37
2010 7.38
2011 7.42
2012 7.46
2013 7.50
2014 7.58
2015 7.71
2016 7.95
2017 8.23
2018 8.53
2019 8.83
2020 9.13

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Myanmar was 37.33 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 79.44 in 1967 and a minimum value of 37.33 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 72.09
1961 73.53
1962 75.14
1963 76.67
1964 77.79
1965 78.38
1966 79.16
1967 79.44
1968 79.35
1969 79.09
1970 78.76
1971 78.85
1972 78.70
1973 78.39
1974 77.98
1975 77.50
1976 77.20
1977 76.83
1978 76.36
1979 75.75
1980 74.99
1981 74.45
1982 73.76
1983 72.92
1984 71.93
1985 70.77
1986 69.87
1987 68.71
1988 67.37
1989 65.95
1990 64.49
1991 63.16
1992 61.87
1993 60.58
1994 59.23
1995 57.85
1996 56.51
1997 55.20
1998 53.93
1999 52.73
2000 51.61
2001 50.93
2002 50.27
2003 49.67
2004 49.11
2005 48.57
2006 48.20
2007 47.76
2008 47.26
2009 46.71
2010 46.12
2011 45.20
2012 44.31
2013 43.41
2014 42.48
2015 41.51
2016 40.60
2017 39.72
2018 38.87
2019 38.07
2020 37.33

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population