Rwanda - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Rwanda was 74.20 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 109.85 in 1965 and 74.20 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 103.73
1961 106.37
1962 108.04
1963 108.95
1964 109.48
1965 109.85
1966 108.74
1967 107.43
1968 105.98
1969 104.34
1970 102.57
1971 101.97
1972 101.20
1973 100.37
1974 99.66
1975 99.13
1976 99.60
1977 100.05
1978 100.52
1979 101.01
1980 101.55
1981 103.00
1982 104.26
1983 105.35
1984 106.35
1985 107.33
1986 108.28
1987 109.11
1988 109.62
1989 109.06
1990 106.58
1991 103.98
1992 99.67
1993 93.63
1994 87.05
1995 81.79
1996 82.69
1997 84.44
1998 87.30
1999 90.36
2000 92.36
2001 90.87
2002 88.90
2003 86.48
2004 84.13
2005 82.26
2006 81.18
2007 80.46
2008 80.00
2009 79.54
2010 78.92
2011 78.59
2012 78.02
2013 77.34
2014 76.74
2015 76.31
2016 75.71
2017 75.40
2018 75.17
2019 74.81
2020 74.20

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Rwanda was 5.43 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.00 in 2000 and a minimum value of 4.41 in 1985.

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 6.37
1961 6.48
1962 6.56
1963 6.60
1964 6.60
1965 6.56
1966 6.46
1967 6.32
1968 6.16
1969 6.00
1970 5.84
1971 5.75
1972 5.66
1973 5.55
1974 5.43
1975 5.30
1976 5.23
1977 5.15
1978 5.05
1979 4.94
1980 4.80
1981 4.73
1982 4.64
1983 4.55
1984 4.47
1985 4.41
1986 4.41
1987 4.42
1988 4.43
1989 4.45
1990 4.48
1991 4.70
1992 4.90
1993 5.08
1994 5.22
1995 5.33
1996 5.64
1997 5.98
1998 6.37
1999 6.73
2000 7.00
2001 6.67
2002 6.25
2003 5.81
2004 5.40
2005 5.06
2006 4.92
2007 4.82
2008 4.75
2009 4.68
2010 4.60
2011 4.62
2012 4.63
2013 4.64
2014 4.68
2015 4.74
2016 4.86
2017 5.00
2018 5.15
2019 5.29
2020 5.43

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Rwanda was 68.76 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 105.18 in 1988 and a minimum value of 68.76 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 97.36
1961 99.89
1962 101.48
1963 102.35
1964 102.88
1965 103.30
1966 102.28
1967 101.11
1968 99.82
1969 98.35
1970 96.73
1971 96.22
1972 95.54
1973 94.83
1974 94.23
1975 93.83
1976 94.38
1977 94.91
1978 95.46
1979 96.07
1980 96.74
1981 98.27
1982 99.62
1983 100.81
1984 101.89
1985 102.92
1986 103.87
1987 104.69
1988 105.18
1989 104.60
1990 102.10
1991 99.28
1992 94.77
1993 88.56
1994 81.83
1995 76.46
1996 77.05
1997 78.46
1998 80.94
1999 83.62
2000 85.35
2001 84.19
2002 82.64
2003 80.68
2004 78.73
2005 77.20
2006 76.26
2007 75.64
2008 75.25
2009 74.86
2010 74.32
2011 73.97
2012 73.39
2013 72.70
2014 72.06
2015 71.57
2016 70.86
2017 70.40
2018 70.03
2019 69.51
2020 68.76

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population