Solomon Islands - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Solomon Islands was 77.62 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 103.08 in 1976 and 77.62 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 82.76
1961 83.67
1962 84.86
1963 86.23
1964 87.45
1965 88.32
1966 88.57
1967 88.46
1968 88.10
1969 87.80
1970 87.82
1971 90.28
1972 93.28
1973 96.59
1974 99.80
1975 102.54
1976 103.08
1977 102.97
1978 102.55
1979 102.24
1980 102.19
1981 102.46
1982 102.81
1983 103.01
1984 102.77
1985 101.93
1986 100.79
1987 99.29
1988 97.46
1989 95.40
1990 93.24
1991 91.75
1992 90.04
1993 88.28
1994 86.65
1995 85.22
1996 84.32
1997 83.48
1998 82.70
1999 81.91
2000 81.08
2001 80.77
2002 80.51
2003 80.29
2004 80.02
2005 79.64
2006 79.43
2007 79.17
2008 78.93
2009 78.82
2010 78.86
2011 78.65
2012 78.58
2013 78.59
2014 78.56
2015 78.42
2016 78.49
2017 78.34
2018 78.06
2019 77.82
2020 77.62

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Solomon Islands was 6.52 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.84 in 1966 and a minimum value of 4.84 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.

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Year Value
1960 4.84
1961 5.28
1962 5.77
1963 6.23
1964 6.57
1965 6.75
1966 6.84
1967 6.81
1968 6.73
1969 6.64
1970 6.57
1971 6.55
1972 6.56
1973 6.56
1974 6.55
1975 6.53
1976 6.50
1977 6.47
1978 6.44
1979 6.40
1980 6.36
1981 6.28
1982 6.19
1983 6.08
1984 5.97
1985 5.87
1986 5.81
1987 5.74
1988 5.66
1989 5.55
1990 5.42
1991 5.35
1992 5.25
1993 5.14
1994 5.06
1995 5.01
1996 5.04
1997 5.09
1998 5.14
1999 5.17
2000 5.17
2001 5.24
2002 5.28
2003 5.32
2004 5.36
2005 5.42
2006 5.53
2007 5.65
2008 5.77
2009 5.89
2010 5.97
2011 6.06
2012 6.13
2013 6.19
2014 6.24
2015 6.29
2016 6.33
2017 6.37
2018 6.41
2019 6.46
2020 6.52

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Solomon Islands was 71.10 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 96.93 in 1983 and a minimum value of 71.10 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 77.91
1961 78.39
1962 79.10
1963 79.99
1964 80.88
1965 81.56
1966 81.73
1967 81.65
1968 81.37
1969 81.16
1970 81.25
1971 83.73
1972 86.73
1973 90.04
1974 93.25
1975 96.02
1976 96.57
1977 96.50
1978 96.12
1979 95.85
1980 95.83
1981 96.17
1982 96.62
1983 96.93
1984 96.80
1985 96.07
1986 94.98
1987 93.55
1988 91.80
1989 89.84
1990 87.81
1991 86.41
1992 84.80
1993 83.14
1994 81.59
1995 80.21
1996 79.28
1997 78.39
1998 77.56
1999 76.74
2000 75.91
2001 75.53
2002 75.23
2003 74.97
2004 74.66
2005 74.22
2006 73.90
2007 73.52
2008 73.16
2009 72.94
2010 72.89
2011 72.59
2012 72.46
2013 72.40
2014 72.32
2015 72.14
2016 72.16
2017 71.97
2018 71.66
2019 71.36
2020 71.10

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population