Niger - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Niger was 109.50 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 111.94 in 2013 and 97.73 in 1960.

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 97.73
1961 98.64
1962 99.47
1963 100.15
1964 100.54
1965 100.55
1966 101.67
1967 102.21
1968 102.31
1969 102.08
1970 101.61
1971 102.08
1972 102.21
1973 102.06
1974 101.69
1975 101.10
1976 100.94
1977 100.82
1978 100.69
1979 100.51
1980 100.22
1981 101.59
1982 102.29
1983 102.54
1984 102.54
1985 102.36
1986 102.73
1987 102.91
1988 102.97
1989 102.95
1990 102.80
1991 103.17
1992 103.13
1993 102.82
1994 102.34
1995 101.76
1996 102.14
1997 102.35
1998 102.50
1999 102.69
2000 102.90
2001 104.01
2002 104.85
2003 105.54
2004 106.17
2005 106.76
2006 108.11
2007 109.12
2008 109.86
2009 110.38
2010 110.70
2011 111.41
2012 111.80
2013 111.94
2014 111.86
2015 111.60
2016 111.60
2017 111.34
2018 110.88
2019 110.26
2020 109.50

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Niger was 5.44 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5.48 in 2017 and a minimum value of 2.24 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 2.24
1961 2.37
1962 2.50
1963 2.61
1964 2.71
1965 2.80
1966 2.91
1967 3.01
1968 3.08
1969 3.15
1970 3.21
1971 3.31
1972 3.40
1973 3.47
1974 3.52
1975 3.57
1976 3.65
1977 3.71
1978 3.77
1979 3.82
1980 3.86
1981 3.96
1982 4.04
1983 4.11
1984 4.17
1985 4.24
1986 4.32
1987 4.41
1988 4.50
1989 4.58
1990 4.66
1991 4.72
1992 4.78
1993 4.82
1994 4.85
1995 4.88
1996 4.90
1997 4.92
1998 4.93
1999 4.94
2000 4.95
2001 4.97
2002 4.99
2003 5.00
2004 5.02
2005 5.05
2006 5.11
2007 5.16
2008 5.21
2009 5.25
2010 5.27
2011 5.33
2012 5.38
2013 5.41
2014 5.43
2015 5.45
2016 5.47
2017 5.48
2018 5.47
2019 5.46
2020 5.44

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Niger was 104.06 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 106.53 in 2013 and a minimum value of 95.49 in 1960.

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 95.49
1961 96.27
1962 96.97
1963 97.54
1964 97.83
1965 97.75
1966 98.76
1967 99.21
1968 99.22
1969 98.93
1970 98.40
1971 98.77
1972 98.81
1973 98.59
1974 98.16
1975 97.53
1976 97.30
1977 97.10
1978 96.92
1979 96.69
1980 96.36
1981 97.63
1982 98.25
1983 98.43
1984 98.37
1985 98.12
1986 98.40
1987 98.50
1988 98.48
1989 98.37
1990 98.14
1991 98.45
1992 98.35
1993 98.00
1994 97.49
1995 96.88
1996 97.24
1997 97.43
1998 97.57
1999 97.74
2000 97.95
2001 99.04
2002 99.86
2003 100.53
2004 101.14
2005 101.71
2006 103.00
2007 103.95
2008 104.65
2009 105.14
2010 105.43
2011 106.08
2012 106.43
2013 106.53
2014 106.43
2015 106.15
2016 106.13
2017 105.87
2018 105.41
2019 104.80
2020 104.06

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population