Singapore - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Singapore was 34.50 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 87.59 in 1963 and 26.99 in 2010.
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 | 82.73 |
| 1961 | 85.47 |
| 1962 | 87.10 |
| 1963 | 87.59 |
| 1964 | 87.17 |
| 1965 | 86.15 |
| 1966 | 83.77 |
| 1967 | 81.30 |
| 1968 | 78.68 |
| 1969 | 75.81 |
| 1970 | 72.73 |
| 1971 | 69.70 |
| 1972 | 66.86 |
| 1973 | 64.11 |
| 1974 | 61.32 |
| 1975 | 58.47 |
| 1976 | 56.17 |
| 1977 | 53.49 |
| 1978 | 50.76 |
| 1979 | 48.38 |
| 1980 | 46.56 |
| 1981 | 44.88 |
| 1982 | 43.86 |
| 1983 | 43.25 |
| 1984 | 42.68 |
| 1985 | 41.96 |
| 1986 | 41.08 |
| 1987 | 39.94 |
| 1988 | 38.74 |
| 1989 | 37.75 |
| 1990 | 37.10 |
| 1991 | 36.72 |
| 1992 | 36.46 |
| 1993 | 36.28 |
| 1994 | 36.07 |
| 1995 | 35.81 |
| 1996 | 35.84 |
| 1997 | 35.57 |
| 1998 | 34.98 |
| 1999 | 34.23 |
| 2000 | 33.50 |
| 2001 | 33.54 |
| 2002 | 33.57 |
| 2003 | 33.39 |
| 2004 | 32.92 |
| 2005 | 32.28 |
| 2006 | 31.49 |
| 2007 | 30.48 |
| 2008 | 29.24 |
| 2009 | 27.99 |
| 2010 | 26.99 |
| 2011 | 27.23 |
| 2012 | 27.48 |
| 2013 | 27.60 |
| 2014 | 27.61 |
| 2015 | 27.68 |
| 2016 | 28.30 |
| 2017 | 29.52 |
| 2018 | 31.13 |
| 2019 | 32.85 |
| 2020 | 34.50 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Singapore was 17.96 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.96 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3.74 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 | 3.74 |
| 1961 | 3.97 |
| 1962 | 4.22 |
| 1963 | 4.46 |
| 1964 | 4.70 |
| 1965 | 4.93 |
| 1966 | 5.09 |
| 1967 | 5.26 |
| 1968 | 5.43 |
| 1969 | 5.59 |
| 1970 | 5.75 |
| 1971 | 5.90 |
| 1972 | 6.05 |
| 1973 | 6.19 |
| 1974 | 6.35 |
| 1975 | 6.52 |
| 1976 | 6.63 |
| 1977 | 6.74 |
| 1978 | 6.82 |
| 1979 | 6.88 |
| 1980 | 6.93 |
| 1981 | 7.03 |
| 1982 | 7.14 |
| 1983 | 7.26 |
| 1984 | 7.38 |
| 1985 | 7.49 |
| 1986 | 7.54 |
| 1987 | 7.56 |
| 1988 | 7.58 |
| 1989 | 7.62 |
| 1990 | 7.68 |
| 1991 | 7.71 |
| 1992 | 7.76 |
| 1993 | 7.82 |
| 1994 | 7.90 |
| 1995 | 8.02 |
| 1996 | 8.18 |
| 1997 | 8.31 |
| 1998 | 8.39 |
| 1999 | 8.45 |
| 2000 | 8.52 |
| 2001 | 8.83 |
| 2002 | 9.11 |
| 2003 | 9.33 |
| 2004 | 9.44 |
| 2005 | 9.49 |
| 2006 | 9.47 |
| 2007 | 9.38 |
| 2008 | 9.23 |
| 2009 | 9.15 |
| 2010 | 9.22 |
| 2011 | 9.73 |
| 2012 | 10.26 |
| 2013 | 10.72 |
| 2014 | 11.13 |
| 2015 | 11.55 |
| 2016 | 12.53 |
| 2017 | 13.70 |
| 2018 | 15.03 |
| 2019 | 16.46 |
| 2020 | 17.96 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Singapore was 16.55 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 83.13 in 1963 and a minimum value of 15.77 in 2016.
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 | 78.99 |
| 1961 | 81.50 |
| 1962 | 82.89 |
| 1963 | 83.13 |
| 1964 | 82.47 |
| 1965 | 81.21 |
| 1966 | 78.68 |
| 1967 | 76.05 |
| 1968 | 73.26 |
| 1969 | 70.22 |
| 1970 | 66.97 |
| 1971 | 63.79 |
| 1972 | 60.82 |
| 1973 | 57.92 |
| 1974 | 54.97 |
| 1975 | 51.95 |
| 1976 | 49.53 |
| 1977 | 46.76 |
| 1978 | 43.94 |
| 1979 | 41.49 |
| 1980 | 39.63 |
| 1981 | 37.85 |
| 1982 | 36.71 |
| 1983 | 35.99 |
| 1984 | 35.31 |
| 1985 | 34.46 |
| 1986 | 33.54 |
| 1987 | 32.38 |
| 1988 | 31.16 |
| 1989 | 30.14 |
| 1990 | 29.42 |
| 1991 | 29.01 |
| 1992 | 28.71 |
| 1993 | 28.46 |
| 1994 | 28.17 |
| 1995 | 27.79 |
| 1996 | 27.66 |
| 1997 | 27.26 |
| 1998 | 26.59 |
| 1999 | 25.79 |
| 2000 | 24.98 |
| 2001 | 24.71 |
| 2002 | 24.46 |
| 2003 | 24.07 |
| 2004 | 23.48 |
| 2005 | 22.79 |
| 2006 | 22.02 |
| 2007 | 21.10 |
| 2008 | 20.01 |
| 2009 | 18.85 |
| 2010 | 17.77 |
| 2011 | 17.50 |
| 2012 | 17.23 |
| 2013 | 16.88 |
| 2014 | 16.48 |
| 2015 | 16.13 |
| 2016 | 15.77 |
| 2017 | 15.82 |
| 2018 | 16.10 |
| 2019 | 16.38 |
| 2020 | 16.55 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
