Nicaragua - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Nicaragua was 54.27 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 107.45 in 1966 and 54.27 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 | 99.31 |
| 1961 | 101.01 |
| 1962 | 103.18 |
| 1963 | 105.38 |
| 1964 | 106.87 |
| 1965 | 107.31 |
| 1966 | 107.45 |
| 1967 | 106.81 |
| 1968 | 105.62 |
| 1969 | 104.24 |
| 1970 | 102.90 |
| 1971 | 102.12 |
| 1972 | 101.34 |
| 1973 | 100.60 |
| 1974 | 99.90 |
| 1975 | 99.25 |
| 1976 | 99.26 |
| 1977 | 99.16 |
| 1978 | 99.04 |
| 1979 | 98.96 |
| 1980 | 98.93 |
| 1981 | 99.25 |
| 1982 | 99.62 |
| 1983 | 99.95 |
| 1984 | 100.06 |
| 1985 | 99.87 |
| 1986 | 99.65 |
| 1987 | 99.05 |
| 1988 | 98.19 |
| 1989 | 97.22 |
| 1990 | 96.21 |
| 1991 | 94.63 |
| 1992 | 93.12 |
| 1993 | 91.57 |
| 1994 | 89.83 |
| 1995 | 87.84 |
| 1996 | 85.80 |
| 1997 | 83.54 |
| 1998 | 81.19 |
| 1999 | 78.92 |
| 2000 | 76.83 |
| 2001 | 74.65 |
| 2002 | 72.72 |
| 2003 | 70.97 |
| 2004 | 69.32 |
| 2005 | 67.75 |
| 2006 | 66.15 |
| 2007 | 64.67 |
| 2008 | 63.30 |
| 2009 | 62.04 |
| 2010 | 60.89 |
| 2011 | 59.74 |
| 2012 | 58.67 |
| 2013 | 57.72 |
| 2014 | 56.93 |
| 2015 | 56.32 |
| 2016 | 55.73 |
| 2017 | 55.28 |
| 2018 | 54.92 |
| 2019 | 54.59 |
| 2020 | 54.27 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Nicaragua was 8.76 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.76 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.03 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 | 5.03 |
| 1961 | 5.07 |
| 1962 | 5.10 |
| 1963 | 5.13 |
| 1964 | 5.13 |
| 1965 | 5.11 |
| 1966 | 5.14 |
| 1967 | 5.14 |
| 1968 | 5.12 |
| 1969 | 5.09 |
| 1970 | 5.06 |
| 1971 | 5.09 |
| 1972 | 5.10 |
| 1973 | 5.11 |
| 1974 | 5.12 |
| 1975 | 5.14 |
| 1976 | 5.19 |
| 1977 | 5.24 |
| 1978 | 5.28 |
| 1979 | 5.33 |
| 1980 | 5.38 |
| 1981 | 5.46 |
| 1982 | 5.54 |
| 1983 | 5.61 |
| 1984 | 5.69 |
| 1985 | 5.77 |
| 1986 | 5.88 |
| 1987 | 5.99 |
| 1988 | 6.09 |
| 1989 | 6.18 |
| 1990 | 6.27 |
| 1991 | 6.35 |
| 1992 | 6.41 |
| 1993 | 6.46 |
| 1994 | 6.51 |
| 1995 | 6.54 |
| 1996 | 6.58 |
| 1997 | 6.62 |
| 1998 | 6.65 |
| 1999 | 6.68 |
| 2000 | 6.71 |
| 2001 | 6.76 |
| 2002 | 6.81 |
| 2003 | 6.86 |
| 2004 | 6.92 |
| 2005 | 6.99 |
| 2006 | 7.05 |
| 2007 | 7.12 |
| 2008 | 7.20 |
| 2009 | 7.25 |
| 2010 | 7.28 |
| 2011 | 7.29 |
| 2012 | 7.27 |
| 2013 | 7.26 |
| 2014 | 7.30 |
| 2015 | 7.43 |
| 2016 | 7.61 |
| 2017 | 7.85 |
| 2018 | 8.13 |
| 2019 | 8.44 |
| 2020 | 8.76 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Nicaragua was 45.51 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 102.31 in 1966 and a minimum value of 45.51 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 | 94.28 |
| 1961 | 95.94 |
| 1962 | 98.08 |
| 1963 | 100.25 |
| 1964 | 101.73 |
| 1965 | 102.20 |
| 1966 | 102.31 |
| 1967 | 101.68 |
| 1968 | 100.50 |
| 1969 | 99.14 |
| 1970 | 97.84 |
| 1971 | 97.03 |
| 1972 | 96.24 |
| 1973 | 95.49 |
| 1974 | 94.78 |
| 1975 | 94.12 |
| 1976 | 94.07 |
| 1977 | 93.93 |
| 1978 | 93.76 |
| 1979 | 93.63 |
| 1980 | 93.55 |
| 1981 | 93.79 |
| 1982 | 94.08 |
| 1983 | 94.33 |
| 1984 | 94.37 |
| 1985 | 94.09 |
| 1986 | 93.76 |
| 1987 | 93.06 |
| 1988 | 92.10 |
| 1989 | 91.03 |
| 1990 | 89.94 |
| 1991 | 88.28 |
| 1992 | 86.71 |
| 1993 | 85.11 |
| 1994 | 83.33 |
| 1995 | 81.30 |
| 1996 | 79.22 |
| 1997 | 76.92 |
| 1998 | 74.54 |
| 1999 | 72.25 |
| 2000 | 70.12 |
| 2001 | 67.90 |
| 2002 | 65.91 |
| 2003 | 64.11 |
| 2004 | 62.40 |
| 2005 | 60.76 |
| 2006 | 59.11 |
| 2007 | 57.55 |
| 2008 | 56.10 |
| 2009 | 54.78 |
| 2010 | 53.61 |
| 2011 | 52.46 |
| 2012 | 51.41 |
| 2013 | 50.47 |
| 2014 | 49.63 |
| 2015 | 48.89 |
| 2016 | 48.13 |
| 2017 | 47.44 |
| 2018 | 46.79 |
| 2019 | 46.15 |
| 2020 | 45.51 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
