South Asia - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in South Asia was 51.17 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 82.06 in 1967 and 51.17 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 77.57
1961 78.56
1962 79.61
1963 80.58
1964 81.22
1965 81.44
1966 81.98
1967 82.06
1968 81.80
1969 81.39
1970 80.94
1971 80.90
1972 80.75
1973 80.47
1974 80.08
1975 79.57
1976 79.51
1977 79.23
1978 78.81
1979 78.33
1980 77.83
1981 77.74
1982 77.58
1983 77.34
1984 76.99
1985 76.53
1986 76.49
1987 76.22
1988 75.80
1989 75.27
1990 74.69
1991 74.33
1992 73.87
1993 73.30
1994 72.61
1995 71.78
1996 71.11
1997 70.32
1998 69.42
1999 68.46
2000 67.46
2001 66.69
2002 65.83
2003 64.93
2004 63.99
2005 63.04
2006 62.28
2007 61.50
2008 60.69
2009 59.84
2010 58.92
2011 58.10
2012 57.18
2013 56.21
2014 55.29
2015 54.44
2016 53.65
2017 52.98
2018 52.38
2019 51.79
2020 51.17

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in South Asia was 9.28 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.28 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.56 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 5.56
1961 5.65
1962 5.74
1963 5.81
1964 5.85
1965 5.85
1966 5.92
1967 5.95
1968 5.96
1969 5.95
1970 5.94
1971 6.02
1972 6.09
1973 6.15
1974 6.18
1975 6.20
1976 6.27
1977 6.31
1978 6.34
1979 6.35
1980 6.35
1981 6.40
1982 6.44
1983 6.45
1984 6.46
1985 6.45
1986 6.50
1987 6.53
1988 6.55
1989 6.56
1990 6.55
1991 6.63
1992 6.69
1993 6.73
1994 6.77
1995 6.80
1996 6.88
1997 6.96
1998 7.02
1999 7.07
2000 7.12
2001 7.22
2002 7.31
2003 7.38
2004 7.44
2005 7.50
2006 7.58
2007 7.66
2008 7.72
2009 7.78
2010 7.83
2011 7.93
2012 8.02
2013 8.10
2014 8.20
2015 8.33
2016 8.50
2017 8.69
2018 8.88
2019 9.08
2020 9.28

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in South Asia was 41.62 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 76.08 in 1967 and a minimum value of 41.62 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 72.00
1961 72.89
1962 73.86
1963 74.76
1964 75.36
1965 75.58
1966 76.05
1967 76.08
1968 75.80
1969 75.38
1970 74.92
1971 74.79
1972 74.55
1973 74.21
1974 73.76
1975 73.22
1976 73.07
1977 72.74
1978 72.29
1979 71.79
1980 71.28
1981 71.14
1982 70.94
1983 70.69
1984 70.34
1985 69.89
1986 69.79
1987 69.49
1988 69.03
1989 68.49
1990 67.90
1991 67.45
1992 66.92
1993 66.29
1994 65.55
1995 64.68
1996 63.90
1997 63.02
1998 62.05
1999 61.02
2000 59.96
2001 59.09
2002 58.16
2003 57.18
2004 56.19
2005 55.20
2006 54.35
2007 53.49
2008 52.63
2009 51.71
2010 50.75
2011 49.84
2012 48.84
2013 47.80
2014 46.78
2015 45.82
2016 44.86
2017 44.01
2018 43.22
2019 42.44
2020 41.62

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population