Congo - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Congo was 79.44 as of 2010. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 94.54 in 1981 and 79.44 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 81.91
1961 82.68
1962 83.51
1963 84.36
1964 85.22
1965 86.07
1966 86.90
1967 87.71
1968 88.49
1969 89.21
1970 89.86
1971 90.43
1972 90.92
1973 91.37
1974 91.83
1975 92.32
1976 92.86
1977 93.42
1978 93.92
1979 94.30
1980 94.51
1981 94.54
1982 94.41
1983 94.15
1984 93.80
1985 93.38
1986 92.91
1987 92.38
1988 91.79
1989 91.13
1990 90.39
1991 89.59
1992 88.75
1993 87.89
1994 87.02
1995 86.16
1996 85.30
1997 84.46
1998 83.70
1999 83.09
2000 82.66
2001 82.42
2002 82.34
2003 82.31
2004 82.21
2005 81.95
2006 81.52
2007 80.96
2008 80.36
2009 79.82
2010 79.44

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Congo was 6.58 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.30 in 1979 and a minimum value of 6.58 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 6.69
1961 6.75
1962 6.81
1963 6.87
1964 6.93
1965 6.98
1966 7.03
1967 7.08
1968 7.12
1969 7.16
1970 7.18
1971 7.21
1972 7.22
1973 7.23
1974 7.24
1975 7.25
1976 7.26
1977 7.28
1978 7.29
1979 7.30
1980 7.30
1981 7.28
1982 7.27
1983 7.25
1984 7.22
1985 7.21
1986 7.19
1987 7.18
1988 7.16
1989 7.15
1990 7.13
1991 7.10
1992 7.07
1993 7.04
1994 7.01
1995 6.97
1996 6.93
1997 6.89
1998 6.85
1999 6.81
2000 6.79
2001 6.77
2002 6.77
2003 6.77
2004 6.76
2005 6.74
2006 6.71
2007 6.67
2008 6.63
2009 6.60
2010 6.58

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Congo was 72.82 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 87.26 in 1981 and a minimum value of 72.82 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 75.22
1961 75.94
1962 76.70
1963 77.49
1964 78.29
1965 79.09
1966 79.87
1967 80.63
1968 81.37
1969 82.05
1970 82.67
1971 83.22
1972 83.70
1973 84.14
1974 84.59
1975 85.07
1976 85.60
1977 86.14
1978 86.63
1979 87.01
1980 87.22
1981 87.26
1982 87.14
1983 86.91
1984 86.58
1985 86.18
1986 85.72
1987 85.21
1988 84.63
1989 83.98
1990 83.26
1991 82.49
1992 81.68
1993 80.84
1994 80.01
1995 79.18
1996 78.37
1997 77.57
1998 76.85
1999 76.28
2000 75.87
2001 75.65
2002 75.57
2003 75.54
2004 75.45
2005 75.21
2006 74.81
2007 74.29
2008 73.73
2009 73.22
2010 72.82

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population