Burundi - Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Burundi was 90.96 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 112.85 in 1997 and 87.82 in 1960.

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 87.82
1961 88.96
1962 90.39
1963 91.81
1964 92.79
1965 93.16
1966 94.49
1967 95.07
1968 95.08
1969 94.75
1970 94.15
1971 95.01
1972 95.45
1973 95.50
1974 95.26
1975 94.89
1976 94.28
1977 93.57
1978 92.87
1979 92.21
1980 91.65
1981 92.77
1982 93.68
1983 94.57
1984 95.55
1985 96.63
1986 98.33
1987 99.89
1988 101.22
1989 102.18
1990 102.71
1991 105.78
1992 108.24
1993 110.12
1994 111.43
1995 112.09
1996 112.71
1997 112.85
1998 112.51
1999 111.79
2000 110.84
2001 107.94
2002 105.04
2003 102.23
2004 99.55
2005 97.06
2006 95.23
2007 93.48
2008 91.92
2009 90.67
2010 89.76
2011 89.79
2012 89.95
2013 90.23
2014 90.57
2015 90.90
2016 91.19
2017 91.36
2018 91.38
2019 91.25
2020 90.96

Development Relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development.

Limitations and Exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: this indicator implies the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. Many times single or widowed women who are the sole caregiver of a household have a high dependency

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population