United Arab Emirates - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in United Arab Emirates was 19.16 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 92.30 in 1960 and 16.07 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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 92.30 |
| 1961 | 87.19 |
| 1962 | 81.93 |
| 1963 | 76.97 |
| 1964 | 72.46 |
| 1965 | 68.41 |
| 1966 | 64.72 |
| 1967 | 61.71 |
| 1968 | 59.42 |
| 1969 | 57.78 |
| 1970 | 56.83 |
| 1971 | 50.72 |
| 1972 | 46.34 |
| 1973 | 43.60 |
| 1974 | 42.29 |
| 1975 | 42.13 |
| 1976 | 40.64 |
| 1977 | 39.95 |
| 1978 | 40.19 |
| 1979 | 41.00 |
| 1980 | 41.96 |
| 1981 | 43.37 |
| 1982 | 44.82 |
| 1983 | 46.42 |
| 1984 | 48.12 |
| 1985 | 49.76 |
| 1986 | 50.06 |
| 1987 | 49.90 |
| 1988 | 49.42 |
| 1989 | 48.65 |
| 1990 | 47.63 |
| 1991 | 45.95 |
| 1992 | 44.29 |
| 1993 | 42.68 |
| 1994 | 41.11 |
| 1995 | 39.64 |
| 1996 | 38.91 |
| 1997 | 38.16 |
| 1998 | 37.69 |
| 1999 | 37.47 |
| 2000 | 37.24 |
| 2001 | 33.22 |
| 2002 | 29.87 |
| 2003 | 27.23 |
| 2004 | 25.25 |
| 2005 | 23.81 |
| 2006 | 20.98 |
| 2007 | 18.96 |
| 2008 | 17.63 |
| 2009 | 16.76 |
| 2010 | 16.07 |
| 2011 | 16.50 |
| 2012 | 16.80 |
| 2013 | 17.08 |
| 2014 | 17.42 |
| 2015 | 17.78 |
| 2016 | 18.16 |
| 2017 | 18.40 |
| 2018 | 18.61 |
| 2019 | 18.86 |
| 2020 | 19.16 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in United Arab Emirates was 1.51 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.60 in 1960 and a minimum value of 0.80 in 2010.
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 | 6.60 |
| 1961 | 5.95 |
| 1962 | 5.36 |
| 1963 | 4.83 |
| 1964 | 4.33 |
| 1965 | 3.85 |
| 1966 | 3.43 |
| 1967 | 3.06 |
| 1968 | 2.74 |
| 1969 | 2.47 |
| 1970 | 2.25 |
| 1971 | 1.83 |
| 1972 | 1.69 |
| 1973 | 1.74 |
| 1974 | 1.90 |
| 1975 | 2.12 |
| 1976 | 2.05 |
| 1977 | 2.03 |
| 1978 | 2.04 |
| 1979 | 2.06 |
| 1980 | 2.05 |
| 1981 | 2.02 |
| 1982 | 1.95 |
| 1983 | 1.88 |
| 1984 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 1.82 |
| 1986 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 1.77 |
| 1988 | 1.78 |
| 1989 | 1.78 |
| 1990 | 1.77 |
| 1991 | 1.72 |
| 1992 | 1.65 |
| 1993 | 1.59 |
| 1994 | 1.53 |
| 1995 | 1.47 |
| 1996 | 1.46 |
| 1997 | 1.47 |
| 1998 | 1.50 |
| 1999 | 1.51 |
| 2000 | 1.50 |
| 2001 | 1.39 |
| 2002 | 1.29 |
| 2003 | 1.20 |
| 2004 | 1.14 |
| 2005 | 1.10 |
| 2006 | 0.97 |
| 2007 | 0.89 |
| 2008 | 0.84 |
| 2009 | 0.81 |
| 2010 | 0.80 |
| 2011 | 0.86 |
| 2012 | 0.94 |
| 2013 | 1.01 |
| 2014 | 1.06 |
| 2015 | 1.10 |
| 2016 | 1.17 |
| 2017 | 1.23 |
| 2018 | 1.29 |
| 2019 | 1.37 |
| 2020 | 1.51 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in United Arab Emirates was 17.65 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 85.69 in 1960 and a minimum value of 15.27 in 2010.
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 | 85.69 |
| 1961 | 81.24 |
| 1962 | 76.56 |
| 1963 | 72.14 |
| 1964 | 68.12 |
| 1965 | 64.56 |
| 1966 | 61.29 |
| 1967 | 58.66 |
| 1968 | 56.68 |
| 1969 | 55.31 |
| 1970 | 54.57 |
| 1971 | 48.89 |
| 1972 | 44.64 |
| 1973 | 41.86 |
| 1974 | 40.39 |
| 1975 | 40.01 |
| 1976 | 38.60 |
| 1977 | 37.92 |
| 1978 | 38.14 |
| 1979 | 38.94 |
| 1980 | 39.91 |
| 1981 | 41.35 |
| 1982 | 42.87 |
| 1983 | 44.54 |
| 1984 | 46.29 |
| 1985 | 47.94 |
| 1986 | 48.28 |
| 1987 | 48.13 |
| 1988 | 47.64 |
| 1989 | 46.88 |
| 1990 | 45.86 |
| 1991 | 44.23 |
| 1992 | 42.64 |
| 1993 | 41.09 |
| 1994 | 39.58 |
| 1995 | 38.17 |
| 1996 | 37.45 |
| 1997 | 36.68 |
| 1998 | 36.19 |
| 1999 | 35.96 |
| 2000 | 35.74 |
| 2001 | 31.83 |
| 2002 | 28.58 |
| 2003 | 26.03 |
| 2004 | 24.10 |
| 2005 | 22.71 |
| 2006 | 20.01 |
| 2007 | 18.07 |
| 2008 | 16.80 |
| 2009 | 15.95 |
| 2010 | 15.27 |
| 2011 | 15.64 |
| 2012 | 15.86 |
| 2013 | 16.08 |
| 2014 | 16.35 |
| 2015 | 16.68 |
| 2016 | 17.00 |
| 2017 | 17.17 |
| 2018 | 17.32 |
| 2019 | 17.49 |
| 2020 | 17.65 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
