Comoros - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Comoros was 82.59 as of 2010. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 102.11 in 1985 and 78.81 in 2002.

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 84.16
1961 86.19
1962 88.33
1963 90.44
1964 92.27
1965 93.68
1966 94.62
1967 95.14
1968 95.36
1969 95.44
1970 95.50
1971 95.56
1972 95.63
1973 95.72
1974 95.87
1975 96.10
1976 96.37
1977 96.68
1978 97.09
1979 97.65
1980 98.39
1981 99.32
1982 100.36
1983 101.31
1984 101.95
1985 102.11
1986 101.78
1987 101.02
1988 99.90
1989 98.54
1990 96.99
1991 95.33
1992 93.58
1993 91.73
1994 89.79
1995 87.76
1996 85.66
1997 83.57
1998 81.68
1999 80.20
2000 79.25
2001 78.82
2002 78.81
2003 79.13
2004 79.64
2005 80.22
2006 80.87
2007 81.55
2008 82.18
2009 82.66
2010 82.59

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Comoros was 4.98 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.17 in 1982 and a minimum value of 4.98 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 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 5.88
1961 5.87
1962 5.87
1963 5.87
1964 5.87
1965 5.86
1966 5.86
1967 5.84
1968 5.84
1969 5.83
1970 5.84
1971 5.87
1972 5.90
1973 5.94
1974 5.98
1975 6.02
1976 6.06
1977 6.09
1978 6.11
1979 6.13
1980 6.15
1981 6.16
1982 6.17
1983 6.17
1984 6.16
1985 6.14
1986 6.11
1987 6.08
1988 6.04
1989 5.99
1990 5.94
1991 5.88
1992 5.82
1993 5.75
1994 5.68
1995 5.60
1996 5.51
1997 5.43
1998 5.34
1999 5.27
2000 5.21
2001 5.17
2002 5.14
2003 5.12
2004 5.10
2005 5.08
2006 5.06
2007 5.05
2008 5.04
2009 5.02
2010 4.98

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Comoros was 77.94 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 95.97 in 1985 and a minimum value of 73.65 in 2001.

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 78.27
1961 80.32
1962 82.47
1963 84.57
1964 86.40
1965 87.82
1966 88.77
1967 89.30
1968 89.53
1969 89.61
1970 89.66
1971 89.70
1972 89.73
1973 89.78
1974 89.89
1975 90.08
1976 90.31
1977 90.60
1978 90.98
1979 91.52
1980 92.24
1981 93.16
1982 94.19
1983 95.15
1984 95.79
1985 95.97
1986 95.66
1987 94.94
1988 93.86
1989 92.55
1990 91.06
1991 89.46
1992 87.76
1993 85.98
1994 84.11
1995 82.16
1996 80.15
1997 78.14
1998 76.34
1999 74.93
2000 74.04
2001 73.65
2002 73.68
2003 74.02
2004 74.54
2005 75.15
2006 75.80
2007 76.50
2008 77.14
2009 77.64
2010 77.94

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population