Brazil - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Brazil was 48.05 as of 2010. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 88.53 in 1964 and 48.05 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 from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, national statistical offices, household surveys conducted by national agencies, and Macro International.

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Year Value
1960 86.08
1961 86.91
1962 87.65
1963 88.22
1964 88.53
1965 88.51
1966 88.16
1967 87.52
1968 86.66
1969 85.67
1970 84.60
1971 83.50
1972 82.36
1973 81.17
1974 79.93
1975 78.63
1976 77.27
1977 75.88
1978 74.56
1979 73.38
1980 72.41
1981 71.64
1982 71.04
1983 70.52
1984 70.02
1985 69.46
1986 68.84
1987 68.18
1988 67.43
1989 66.59
1990 65.65
1991 64.60
1992 63.47
1993 62.27
1994 61.03
1995 59.78
1996 58.52
1997 57.25
1998 56.05
1999 54.96
2000 54.02
2001 53.25
2002 52.62
2003 52.07
2004 51.55
2005 51.01
2006 50.44
2007 49.85
2008 49.26
2009 48.65
2010 48.05

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Brazil was 10.37 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.37 in 2010 and a minimum value of 5.86 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 from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, national statistical offices, household surveys conducted by national agencies, and Macro International.

See also:

Year Value
1960 5.86
1961 5.97
1962 6.08
1963 6.19
1964 6.29
1965 6.36
1966 6.42
1967 6.45
1968 6.48
1969 6.51
1970 6.54
1971 6.59
1972 6.64
1973 6.69
1974 6.74
1975 6.79
1976 6.83
1977 6.87
1978 6.90
1979 6.92
1980 6.94
1981 6.95
1982 6.95
1983 6.96
1984 6.97
1985 7.01
1986 7.05
1987 7.11
1988 7.19
1989 7.28
1990 7.38
1991 7.50
1992 7.63
1993 7.76
1994 7.90
1995 8.01
1996 8.12
1997 8.21
1998 8.31
1999 8.42
2000 8.55
2001 8.71
2002 8.89
2003 9.09
2004 9.28
2005 9.46
2006 9.64
2007 9.80
2008 9.97
2009 10.16
2010 10.37

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Brazil was 37.68 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 82.24 in 1964 and a minimum value of 37.68 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 from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, national statistical offices, household surveys conducted by national agencies, and Macro International.

See also:

Year Value
1960 80.22
1961 80.94
1962 81.57
1963 82.03
1964 82.24
1965 82.15
1966 81.74
1967 81.07
1968 80.18
1969 79.16
1970 78.06
1971 76.92
1972 75.72
1973 74.48
1974 73.18
1975 71.84
1976 70.44
1977 69.02
1978 67.66
1979 66.46
1980 65.47
1981 64.70
1982 64.09
1983 63.57
1984 63.04
1985 62.46
1986 61.79
1987 61.06
1988 60.24
1989 59.32
1990 58.27
1991 57.10
1992 55.84
1993 54.51
1994 53.14
1995 51.77
1996 50.40
1997 49.04
1998 47.74
1999 46.54
2000 45.47
2001 44.54
2002 43.73
2003 42.99
2004 42.27
2005 41.55
2006 40.80
2007 40.05
2008 39.28
2009 38.49
2010 37.68

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population