Namibia - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Namibia was 67.86 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 102.02 in 1984 and 67.86 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 | 82.92 |
| 1961 | 83.81 |
| 1962 | 84.67 |
| 1963 | 85.46 |
| 1964 | 86.04 |
| 1965 | 86.38 |
| 1966 | 87.18 |
| 1967 | 87.66 |
| 1968 | 87.92 |
| 1969 | 88.18 |
| 1970 | 88.55 |
| 1971 | 89.35 |
| 1972 | 90.29 |
| 1973 | 91.25 |
| 1974 | 92.02 |
| 1975 | 92.51 |
| 1976 | 94.74 |
| 1977 | 96.48 |
| 1978 | 97.89 |
| 1979 | 99.15 |
| 1980 | 100.36 |
| 1981 | 100.98 |
| 1982 | 101.55 |
| 1983 | 101.94 |
| 1984 | 102.02 |
| 1985 | 101.76 |
| 1986 | 99.85 |
| 1987 | 97.79 |
| 1988 | 95.67 |
| 1989 | 93.59 |
| 1990 | 91.57 |
| 1991 | 91.03 |
| 1992 | 90.32 |
| 1993 | 89.49 |
| 1994 | 88.56 |
| 1995 | 87.53 |
| 1996 | 86.96 |
| 1997 | 86.25 |
| 1998 | 85.34 |
| 1999 | 84.16 |
| 2000 | 82.68 |
| 2001 | 81.57 |
| 2002 | 80.23 |
| 2003 | 78.75 |
| 2004 | 77.32 |
| 2005 | 76.06 |
| 2006 | 74.58 |
| 2007 | 73.49 |
| 2008 | 72.65 |
| 2009 | 71.86 |
| 2010 | 71.05 |
| 2011 | 70.61 |
| 2012 | 69.97 |
| 2013 | 69.28 |
| 2014 | 68.77 |
| 2015 | 68.48 |
| 2016 | 68.28 |
| 2017 | 68.21 |
| 2018 | 68.20 |
| 2019 | 68.11 |
| 2020 | 67.86 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Namibia was 6.02 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.22 in 1983 and a minimum value of 5.91 in 2000.
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 | 7.19 |
| 1961 | 7.20 |
| 1962 | 7.20 |
| 1963 | 7.18 |
| 1964 | 7.16 |
| 1965 | 7.12 |
| 1966 | 7.15 |
| 1967 | 7.17 |
| 1968 | 7.17 |
| 1969 | 7.14 |
| 1970 | 7.09 |
| 1971 | 7.10 |
| 1972 | 7.08 |
| 1973 | 7.04 |
| 1974 | 6.98 |
| 1975 | 6.92 |
| 1976 | 7.01 |
| 1977 | 7.07 |
| 1978 | 7.12 |
| 1979 | 7.14 |
| 1980 | 7.15 |
| 1981 | 7.20 |
| 1982 | 7.22 |
| 1983 | 7.22 |
| 1984 | 7.20 |
| 1985 | 7.16 |
| 1986 | 7.05 |
| 1987 | 6.93 |
| 1988 | 6.81 |
| 1989 | 6.69 |
| 1990 | 6.59 |
| 1991 | 6.59 |
| 1992 | 6.58 |
| 1993 | 6.56 |
| 1994 | 6.52 |
| 1995 | 6.46 |
| 1996 | 6.40 |
| 1997 | 6.32 |
| 1998 | 6.21 |
| 1999 | 6.07 |
| 2000 | 5.91 |
| 2001 | 6.06 |
| 2002 | 6.20 |
| 2003 | 6.34 |
| 2004 | 6.48 |
| 2005 | 6.63 |
| 2006 | 6.71 |
| 2007 | 6.80 |
| 2008 | 6.89 |
| 2009 | 6.97 |
| 2010 | 7.05 |
| 2011 | 6.92 |
| 2012 | 6.76 |
| 2013 | 6.60 |
| 2014 | 6.45 |
| 2015 | 6.30 |
| 2016 | 6.23 |
| 2017 | 6.17 |
| 2018 | 6.12 |
| 2019 | 6.07 |
| 2020 | 6.02 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Namibia was 61.84 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 94.81 in 1984 and a minimum value of 61.84 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 | 75.73 |
| 1961 | 76.61 |
| 1962 | 77.47 |
| 1963 | 78.28 |
| 1964 | 78.88 |
| 1965 | 79.26 |
| 1966 | 80.03 |
| 1967 | 80.48 |
| 1968 | 80.75 |
| 1969 | 81.04 |
| 1970 | 81.45 |
| 1971 | 82.25 |
| 1972 | 83.21 |
| 1973 | 84.21 |
| 1974 | 85.04 |
| 1975 | 85.59 |
| 1976 | 87.73 |
| 1977 | 89.41 |
| 1978 | 90.77 |
| 1979 | 92.01 |
| 1980 | 93.20 |
| 1981 | 93.78 |
| 1982 | 94.33 |
| 1983 | 94.72 |
| 1984 | 94.81 |
| 1985 | 94.61 |
| 1986 | 92.80 |
| 1987 | 90.85 |
| 1988 | 88.86 |
| 1989 | 86.90 |
| 1990 | 84.98 |
| 1991 | 84.44 |
| 1992 | 83.74 |
| 1993 | 82.93 |
| 1994 | 82.04 |
| 1995 | 81.08 |
| 1996 | 80.56 |
| 1997 | 79.93 |
| 1998 | 79.13 |
| 1999 | 78.09 |
| 2000 | 76.76 |
| 2001 | 75.51 |
| 2002 | 74.03 |
| 2003 | 72.41 |
| 2004 | 70.84 |
| 2005 | 69.43 |
| 2006 | 67.86 |
| 2007 | 66.69 |
| 2008 | 65.76 |
| 2009 | 64.88 |
| 2010 | 64.00 |
| 2011 | 63.69 |
| 2012 | 63.20 |
| 2013 | 62.68 |
| 2014 | 62.32 |
| 2015 | 62.18 |
| 2016 | 62.05 |
| 2017 | 62.04 |
| 2018 | 62.08 |
| 2019 | 62.04 |
| 2020 | 61.84 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
