Nepal - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Nepal was 52.99 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 85.03 in 1990 and 52.99 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 | 75.30 |
| 1961 | 76.13 |
| 1962 | 77.31 |
| 1963 | 78.54 |
| 1964 | 79.32 |
| 1965 | 79.46 |
| 1966 | 80.00 |
| 1967 | 79.91 |
| 1968 | 79.40 |
| 1969 | 78.81 |
| 1970 | 78.30 |
| 1971 | 78.55 |
| 1972 | 78.67 |
| 1973 | 78.73 |
| 1974 | 78.75 |
| 1975 | 78.74 |
| 1976 | 79.36 |
| 1977 | 79.89 |
| 1978 | 80.32 |
| 1979 | 80.64 |
| 1980 | 80.83 |
| 1981 | 81.63 |
| 1982 | 82.20 |
| 1983 | 82.59 |
| 1984 | 82.87 |
| 1985 | 83.06 |
| 1986 | 83.78 |
| 1987 | 84.34 |
| 1988 | 84.73 |
| 1989 | 84.96 |
| 1990 | 85.03 |
| 1991 | 84.91 |
| 1992 | 84.54 |
| 1993 | 83.97 |
| 1994 | 83.26 |
| 1995 | 82.45 |
| 1996 | 82.34 |
| 1997 | 82.18 |
| 1998 | 81.95 |
| 1999 | 81.55 |
| 2000 | 80.93 |
| 2001 | 80.41 |
| 2002 | 79.72 |
| 2003 | 78.92 |
| 2004 | 78.08 |
| 2005 | 77.22 |
| 2006 | 75.60 |
| 2007 | 74.23 |
| 2008 | 73.02 |
| 2009 | 71.77 |
| 2010 | 70.36 |
| 2011 | 69.37 |
| 2012 | 68.06 |
| 2013 | 66.54 |
| 2014 | 65.02 |
| 2015 | 63.65 |
| 2016 | 61.09 |
| 2017 | 58.73 |
| 2018 | 56.60 |
| 2019 | 54.69 |
| 2020 | 52.99 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Nepal was 8.92 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.07 in 2015 and a minimum value of 4.46 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 | 4.46 |
| 1961 | 4.58 |
| 1962 | 4.69 |
| 1963 | 4.77 |
| 1964 | 4.83 |
| 1965 | 4.87 |
| 1966 | 4.99 |
| 1967 | 5.09 |
| 1968 | 5.16 |
| 1969 | 5.21 |
| 1970 | 5.24 |
| 1971 | 5.36 |
| 1972 | 5.46 |
| 1973 | 5.53 |
| 1974 | 5.59 |
| 1975 | 5.62 |
| 1976 | 5.73 |
| 1977 | 5.82 |
| 1978 | 5.88 |
| 1979 | 5.93 |
| 1980 | 5.95 |
| 1981 | 6.04 |
| 1982 | 6.11 |
| 1983 | 6.16 |
| 1984 | 6.20 |
| 1985 | 6.22 |
| 1986 | 6.32 |
| 1987 | 6.40 |
| 1988 | 6.46 |
| 1989 | 6.51 |
| 1990 | 6.53 |
| 1991 | 6.59 |
| 1992 | 6.62 |
| 1993 | 6.64 |
| 1994 | 6.64 |
| 1995 | 6.62 |
| 1996 | 6.68 |
| 1997 | 6.73 |
| 1998 | 6.76 |
| 1999 | 6.79 |
| 2000 | 6.81 |
| 2001 | 6.94 |
| 2002 | 7.09 |
| 2003 | 7.25 |
| 2004 | 7.43 |
| 2005 | 7.63 |
| 2006 | 7.77 |
| 2007 | 7.93 |
| 2008 | 8.13 |
| 2009 | 8.33 |
| 2010 | 8.54 |
| 2011 | 8.71 |
| 2012 | 8.82 |
| 2013 | 8.90 |
| 2014 | 8.98 |
| 2015 | 9.07 |
| 2016 | 9.02 |
| 2017 | 8.99 |
| 2018 | 8.97 |
| 2019 | 8.94 |
| 2020 | 8.92 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Nepal was 44.08 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 78.50 in 1990 and a minimum value of 44.08 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 | 70.85 |
| 1961 | 71.55 |
| 1962 | 72.62 |
| 1963 | 73.77 |
| 1964 | 74.49 |
| 1965 | 74.59 |
| 1966 | 75.01 |
| 1967 | 74.82 |
| 1968 | 74.24 |
| 1969 | 73.60 |
| 1970 | 73.07 |
| 1971 | 73.19 |
| 1972 | 73.21 |
| 1973 | 73.20 |
| 1974 | 73.17 |
| 1975 | 73.12 |
| 1976 | 73.63 |
| 1977 | 74.07 |
| 1978 | 74.43 |
| 1979 | 74.71 |
| 1980 | 74.88 |
| 1981 | 75.59 |
| 1982 | 76.09 |
| 1983 | 76.43 |
| 1984 | 76.68 |
| 1985 | 76.84 |
| 1986 | 77.46 |
| 1987 | 77.94 |
| 1988 | 78.27 |
| 1989 | 78.46 |
| 1990 | 78.50 |
| 1991 | 78.32 |
| 1992 | 77.92 |
| 1993 | 77.33 |
| 1994 | 76.62 |
| 1995 | 75.83 |
| 1996 | 75.66 |
| 1997 | 75.45 |
| 1998 | 75.19 |
| 1999 | 74.77 |
| 2000 | 74.12 |
| 2001 | 73.46 |
| 2002 | 72.63 |
| 2003 | 71.67 |
| 2004 | 70.65 |
| 2005 | 69.59 |
| 2006 | 67.83 |
| 2007 | 66.30 |
| 2008 | 64.89 |
| 2009 | 63.44 |
| 2010 | 61.82 |
| 2011 | 60.66 |
| 2012 | 59.24 |
| 2013 | 57.64 |
| 2014 | 56.05 |
| 2015 | 54.58 |
| 2016 | 52.07 |
| 2017 | 49.74 |
| 2018 | 47.63 |
| 2019 | 45.74 |
| 2020 | 44.08 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
