Paraguay - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Paraguay was 55.53 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 104.79 in 1960 and 55.53 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 104.79
1961 104.39
1962 104.30
1963 104.36
1964 104.32
1965 104.04
1966 103.10
1967 101.99
1968 100.83
1969 99.69
1970 98.57
1971 97.04
1972 95.43
1973 93.86
1974 92.49
1975 91.37
1976 89.69
1977 88.54
1978 87.71
1979 86.98
1980 86.24
1981 85.66
1982 84.95
1983 84.24
1984 83.74
1985 83.48
1986 83.47
1987 83.52
1988 83.58
1989 83.56
1990 83.41
1991 83.26
1992 82.99
1993 82.54
1994 81.89
1995 81.02
1996 80.08
1997 78.99
1998 77.77
1999 76.41
2000 74.92
2001 73.58
2002 72.03
2003 70.39
2004 68.80
2005 67.32
2006 65.93
2007 64.79
2008 63.79
2009 62.78
2010 61.70
2011 60.76
2012 59.68
2013 58.60
2014 57.69
2015 57.03
2016 56.45
2017 56.12
2018 55.94
2019 55.76
2020 55.53

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Paraguay was 10.59 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.59 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.55 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 6.55
1961 6.61
1962 6.67
1963 6.73
1964 6.79
1965 6.84
1966 6.87
1967 6.88
1968 6.89
1969 6.91
1970 6.92
1971 6.94
1972 6.95
1973 6.96
1974 6.98
1975 6.99
1976 7.02
1977 7.04
1978 7.06
1979 7.09
1980 7.12
1981 7.14
1982 7.16
1983 7.18
1984 7.21
1985 7.24
1986 7.28
1987 7.32
1988 7.35
1989 7.39
1990 7.43
1991 7.52
1992 7.60
1993 7.68
1994 7.72
1995 7.72
1996 7.73
1997 7.70
1998 7.66
1999 7.63
2000 7.62
2001 7.67
2002 7.73
2003 7.80
2004 7.86
2005 7.93
2006 8.03
2007 8.12
2008 8.22
2009 8.32
2010 8.44
2011 8.57
2012 8.70
2013 8.85
2014 9.03
2015 9.23
2016 9.48
2017 9.74
2018 10.03
2019 10.31
2020 10.59

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Paraguay was 44.94 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 98.25 in 1960 and a minimum value of 44.94 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 98.25
1961 97.78
1962 97.63
1963 97.63
1964 97.54
1965 97.20
1966 96.23
1967 95.11
1968 93.93
1969 92.78
1970 91.65
1971 90.11
1972 88.48
1973 86.89
1974 85.51
1975 84.38
1976 82.68
1977 81.50
1978 80.65
1979 79.89
1980 79.12
1981 78.52
1982 77.79
1983 77.06
1984 76.53
1985 76.24
1986 76.19
1987 76.20
1988 76.23
1989 76.17
1990 75.98
1991 75.74
1992 75.38
1993 74.86
1994 74.17
1995 73.30
1996 72.35
1997 71.29
1998 70.11
1999 68.78
2000 67.30
2001 65.91
2002 64.30
2003 62.60
2004 60.93
2005 59.39
2006 57.90
2007 56.67
2008 55.57
2009 54.46
2010 53.26
2011 52.19
2012 50.98
2013 49.75
2014 48.66
2015 47.79
2016 46.97
2017 46.37
2018 45.91
2019 45.45
2020 44.94

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population