Somalia - Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Somalia was 96.28 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 103.99 in 2009 and 83.68 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 83.68
1961 84.72
1962 85.34
1963 85.62
1964 85.67
1965 85.57
1966 86.36
1967 86.86
1968 87.15
1969 87.16
1970 86.83
1971 87.44
1972 87.45
1973 87.08
1974 86.96
1975 87.84
1976 88.32
1977 88.70
1978 89.17
1979 89.30
1980 88.52
1981 88.91
1982 89.13
1983 88.91
1984 88.35
1985 87.74
1986 88.17
1987 88.51
1988 88.85
1989 89.12
1990 89.17
1991 90.18
1992 90.87
1993 91.34
1994 91.88
1995 92.80
1996 94.25
1997 95.68
1998 97.11
1999 98.38
2000 99.32
2001 100.76
2002 101.59
2003 101.97
2004 102.12
2005 102.15
2006 102.89
2007 103.55
2008 103.98
2009 103.99
2010 103.52
2011 103.44
2012 102.81
2013 101.84
2014 100.81
2015 99.87
2016 99.09
2017 98.44
2018 97.82
2019 97.12
2020 96.28

Development Relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development.

Limitations and Exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: this indicator implies the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. Many times single or widowed women who are the sole caregiver of a household have a high dependency

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population