Vietnam - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Vietnam was 45.05 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 97.45 in 1968 and 41.92 in 2013.

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 81.34
1961 84.51
1962 87.65
1963 90.58
1964 93.03
1965 94.85
1966 96.30
1967 97.16
1968 97.45
1969 97.27
1970 96.71
1971 95.97
1972 94.92
1973 93.63
1974 92.16
1975 90.58
1976 89.86
1977 88.93
1978 87.87
1979 86.81
1980 85.81
1981 84.53
1982 83.40
1983 82.36
1984 81.31
1985 80.22
1986 79.34
1987 78.37
1988 77.35
1989 76.37
1990 75.44
1991 74.65
1992 73.86
1993 73.01
1994 71.97
1995 70.64
1996 69.30
1997 67.51
1998 65.43
1999 63.31
2000 61.27
2001 58.76
2002 56.65
2003 54.74
2004 52.78
2005 50.71
2006 49.08
2007 47.31
2008 45.58
2009 44.15
2010 43.10
2011 42.46
2012 42.06
2013 41.92
2014 41.99
2015 42.22
2016 42.58
2017 43.12
2018 43.78
2019 44.44
2020 45.05

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Vietnam was 11.41 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11.41 in 2020 and a minimum value of 8.56 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 8.56
1961 8.82
1962 9.05
1963 9.27
1964 9.49
1965 9.70
1966 9.96
1967 10.20
1968 10.40
1969 10.53
1970 10.60
1971 10.45
1972 10.23
1973 9.96
1974 9.69
1975 9.42
1976 9.54
1977 9.66
1978 9.77
1979 9.86
1980 9.92
1981 9.94
1982 9.94
1983 9.92
1984 9.91
1985 9.92
1986 9.95
1987 9.99
1988 10.03
1989 10.06
1990 10.08
1991 10.10
1992 10.10
1993 10.10
1994 10.11
1995 10.15
1996 10.21
1997 10.27
1998 10.33
1999 10.36
2000 10.35
2001 10.31
2002 10.23
2003 10.13
2004 10.00
2005 9.86
2006 9.74
2007 9.61
2008 9.49
2009 9.38
2010 9.29
2011 9.23
2012 9.20
2013 9.22
2014 9.30
2015 9.47
2016 9.73
2017 10.06
2018 10.46
2019 10.91
2020 11.41

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Vietnam was 33.64 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 87.05 in 1968 and a minimum value of 32.69 in 2014.

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 72.78
1961 75.69
1962 78.59
1963 81.31
1964 83.55
1965 85.15
1966 86.34
1967 86.96
1968 87.05
1969 86.73
1970 86.11
1971 85.52
1972 84.68
1973 83.66
1974 82.48
1975 81.16
1976 80.32
1977 79.27
1978 78.10
1979 76.95
1980 75.89
1981 74.59
1982 73.46
1983 72.43
1984 71.39
1985 70.30
1986 69.39
1987 68.37
1988 67.32
1989 66.31
1990 65.37
1991 64.55
1992 63.76
1993 62.91
1994 61.85
1995 60.48
1996 59.09
1997 57.24
1998 55.10
1999 52.95
2000 50.92
2001 48.44
2002 46.41
2003 44.61
2004 42.78
2005 40.85
2006 39.33
2007 37.69
2008 36.10
2009 34.77
2010 33.81
2011 33.23
2012 32.86
2013 32.71
2014 32.69
2015 32.75
2016 32.85
2017 33.06
2018 33.32
2019 33.53
2020 33.64

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population