South Africa - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in South Africa was 52.23 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 84.64 in 1966 and 52.22 in 2014.
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 | 80.64 |
| 1961 | 81.48 |
| 1962 | 82.50 |
| 1963 | 83.49 |
| 1964 | 84.14 |
| 1965 | 84.32 |
| 1966 | 84.64 |
| 1967 | 84.47 |
| 1968 | 83.97 |
| 1969 | 83.39 |
| 1970 | 82.87 |
| 1971 | 82.79 |
| 1972 | 82.69 |
| 1973 | 82.53 |
| 1974 | 82.26 |
| 1975 | 81.82 |
| 1976 | 81.91 |
| 1977 | 81.72 |
| 1978 | 81.39 |
| 1979 | 81.08 |
| 1980 | 80.90 |
| 1981 | 80.81 |
| 1982 | 80.90 |
| 1983 | 81.01 |
| 1984 | 80.96 |
| 1985 | 80.67 |
| 1986 | 80.86 |
| 1987 | 80.65 |
| 1988 | 80.16 |
| 1989 | 79.55 |
| 1990 | 78.85 |
| 1991 | 77.59 |
| 1992 | 76.23 |
| 1993 | 74.75 |
| 1994 | 73.13 |
| 1995 | 71.36 |
| 1996 | 69.70 |
| 1997 | 67.96 |
| 1998 | 66.14 |
| 1999 | 64.24 |
| 2000 | 62.28 |
| 2001 | 60.82 |
| 2002 | 59.27 |
| 2003 | 57.71 |
| 2004 | 56.27 |
| 2005 | 55.02 |
| 2006 | 54.24 |
| 2007 | 53.65 |
| 2008 | 53.21 |
| 2009 | 52.83 |
| 2010 | 52.49 |
| 2011 | 52.48 |
| 2012 | 52.37 |
| 2013 | 52.26 |
| 2014 | 52.22 |
| 2015 | 52.25 |
| 2016 | 52.29 |
| 2017 | 52.37 |
| 2018 | 52.43 |
| 2019 | 52.40 |
| 2020 | 52.23 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in South Africa was 8.39 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.39 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.88 in 1970.
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 | 6.98 |
| 1961 | 7.04 |
| 1962 | 7.08 |
| 1963 | 7.11 |
| 1964 | 7.11 |
| 1965 | 7.07 |
| 1966 | 7.07 |
| 1967 | 7.03 |
| 1968 | 6.97 |
| 1969 | 6.92 |
| 1970 | 6.88 |
| 1971 | 6.90 |
| 1972 | 6.93 |
| 1973 | 6.95 |
| 1974 | 6.95 |
| 1975 | 6.94 |
| 1976 | 6.98 |
| 1977 | 7.00 |
| 1978 | 7.00 |
| 1979 | 6.99 |
| 1980 | 6.98 |
| 1981 | 7.02 |
| 1982 | 7.05 |
| 1983 | 7.06 |
| 1984 | 7.06 |
| 1985 | 7.04 |
| 1986 | 7.08 |
| 1987 | 7.09 |
| 1988 | 7.10 |
| 1989 | 7.09 |
| 1990 | 7.09 |
| 1991 | 7.14 |
| 1992 | 7.19 |
| 1993 | 7.24 |
| 1994 | 7.31 |
| 1995 | 7.38 |
| 1996 | 7.40 |
| 1997 | 7.40 |
| 1998 | 7.39 |
| 1999 | 7.36 |
| 2000 | 7.33 |
| 2001 | 7.32 |
| 2002 | 7.30 |
| 2003 | 7.25 |
| 2004 | 7.20 |
| 2005 | 7.15 |
| 2006 | 7.19 |
| 2007 | 7.23 |
| 2008 | 7.25 |
| 2009 | 7.26 |
| 2010 | 7.24 |
| 2011 | 7.32 |
| 2012 | 7.38 |
| 2013 | 7.45 |
| 2014 | 7.54 |
| 2015 | 7.66 |
| 2016 | 7.80 |
| 2017 | 7.95 |
| 2018 | 8.11 |
| 2019 | 8.25 |
| 2020 | 8.39 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in South Africa was 43.84 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 77.57 in 1966 and a minimum value of 43.84 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 | 73.65 |
| 1961 | 74.45 |
| 1962 | 75.42 |
| 1963 | 76.38 |
| 1964 | 77.03 |
| 1965 | 77.24 |
| 1966 | 77.57 |
| 1967 | 77.44 |
| 1968 | 76.99 |
| 1969 | 76.47 |
| 1970 | 75.99 |
| 1971 | 75.89 |
| 1972 | 75.76 |
| 1973 | 75.58 |
| 1974 | 75.30 |
| 1975 | 74.88 |
| 1976 | 74.93 |
| 1977 | 74.72 |
| 1978 | 74.39 |
| 1979 | 74.09 |
| 1980 | 73.92 |
| 1981 | 73.79 |
| 1982 | 73.85 |
| 1983 | 73.95 |
| 1984 | 73.90 |
| 1985 | 73.63 |
| 1986 | 73.78 |
| 1987 | 73.55 |
| 1988 | 73.06 |
| 1989 | 72.45 |
| 1990 | 71.75 |
| 1991 | 70.46 |
| 1992 | 69.04 |
| 1993 | 67.51 |
| 1994 | 65.82 |
| 1995 | 63.98 |
| 1996 | 62.30 |
| 1997 | 60.56 |
| 1998 | 58.75 |
| 1999 | 56.87 |
| 2000 | 54.96 |
| 2001 | 53.50 |
| 2002 | 51.97 |
| 2003 | 50.45 |
| 2004 | 49.06 |
| 2005 | 47.87 |
| 2006 | 47.05 |
| 2007 | 46.42 |
| 2008 | 45.96 |
| 2009 | 45.58 |
| 2010 | 45.25 |
| 2011 | 45.16 |
| 2012 | 44.99 |
| 2013 | 44.81 |
| 2014 | 44.68 |
| 2015 | 44.60 |
| 2016 | 44.49 |
| 2017 | 44.42 |
| 2018 | 44.33 |
| 2019 | 44.15 |
| 2020 | 43.84 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
