Belize - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Belize was 51.99 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 109.23 in 1975 and 51.99 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 97.73
1961 100.34
1962 102.15
1963 103.54
1964 104.66
1965 105.54
1966 105.99
1967 106.38
1968 106.55
1969 106.37
1970 105.80
1971 107.04
1972 108.04
1973 108.74
1974 109.14
1975 109.23
1976 108.99
1977 108.24
1978 106.94
1979 105.50
1980 104.26
1981 101.82
1982 100.13
1983 98.87
1984 97.55
1985 95.93
1986 95.34
1987 94.25
1988 92.95
1989 91.78
1990 90.80
1991 90.36
1992 90.22
1993 90.12
1994 89.83
1995 89.33
1996 87.27
1997 85.11
1998 83.23
1999 81.79
2000 80.67
2001 79.36
2002 78.07
2003 76.70
2004 75.19
2005 73.55
2006 71.90
2007 70.28
2008 68.71
2009 67.21
2010 65.81
2011 63.95
2012 62.27
2013 60.67
2014 59.09
2015 57.53
2016 56.33
2017 55.09
2018 53.88
2019 52.84
2020 51.99

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Belize was 7.61 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.57 in 1976 and a minimum value of 6.03 in 2005.

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 8.20
1961 8.37
1962 8.50
1963 8.62
1964 8.69
1965 8.73
1966 8.80
1967 8.84
1968 8.85
1969 8.84
1970 8.83
1971 9.01
1972 9.16
1973 9.30
1974 9.42
1975 9.55
1976 9.57
1977 9.56
1978 9.49
1979 9.36
1980 9.17
1981 9.00
1982 8.82
1983 8.62
1984 8.42
1985 8.19
1986 8.10
1987 8.00
1988 7.93
1989 7.89
1990 7.88
1991 7.98
1992 8.12
1993 8.30
1994 8.46
1995 8.57
1996 8.23
1997 7.87
1998 7.55
1999 7.28
2000 7.06
2001 6.87
2002 6.68
2003 6.48
2004 6.27
2005 6.03
2006 6.13
2007 6.25
2008 6.38
2009 6.55
2010 6.76
2011 6.77
2012 6.79
2013 6.83
2014 6.88
2015 6.96
2016 7.05
2017 7.16
2018 7.29
2019 7.44
2020 7.61

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Belize was 44.38 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.72 in 1974 and a minimum value of 44.38 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 89.53
1961 91.97
1962 93.65
1963 94.93
1964 95.97
1965 96.81
1966 97.19
1967 97.54
1968 97.71
1969 97.53
1970 96.97
1971 98.03
1972 98.88
1973 99.45
1974 99.72
1975 99.68
1976 99.42
1977 98.68
1978 97.45
1979 96.13
1980 95.09
1981 92.82
1982 91.31
1983 90.25
1984 89.14
1985 87.73
1986 87.24
1987 86.25
1988 85.02
1989 83.89
1990 82.92
1991 82.38
1992 82.09
1993 81.82
1994 81.38
1995 80.76
1996 79.05
1997 77.24
1998 75.68
1999 74.51
2000 73.61
2001 72.49
2002 71.39
2003 70.22
2004 68.93
2005 67.51
2006 65.77
2007 64.04
2008 62.33
2009 60.66
2010 59.05
2011 57.18
2012 55.48
2013 53.84
2014 52.21
2015 50.57
2016 49.28
2017 47.93
2018 46.60
2019 45.40
2020 44.38

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population