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 78.68 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 97.13 in 1981 and 78.68 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 82.63
1961 83.75
1962 84.80
1963 85.77
1964 86.61
1965 87.31
1966 88.48
1967 89.42
1968 90.19
1969 90.84
1970 91.43
1971 92.44
1972 93.27
1973 93.95
1974 94.49
1975 94.89
1976 95.74
1977 96.39
1978 96.84
1979 97.06
1980 97.02
1981 97.13
1982 96.87
1983 96.35
1984 95.66
1985 94.87
1986 94.23
1987 93.52
1988 92.71
1989 91.75
1990 90.64
1991 89.66
1992 88.53
1993 87.34
1994 86.19
1995 85.13
1996 84.29
1997 83.51
1998 82.78
1999 82.09
2000 81.42
2001 81.17
2002 80.85
2003 80.53
2004 80.26
2005 80.09
2006 79.85
2007 79.67
2008 79.53
2009 79.35
2010 79.08
2011 79.80
2012 80.32
2013 80.66
2014 80.85
2015 80.91
2016 80.77
2017 80.46
2018 80.00
2019 79.40
2020 78.68

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Congo was 4.94 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.61 in 1967 and a minimum value of 4.52 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 based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 6.33
1961 6.41
1962 6.47
1963 6.52
1964 6.54
1965 6.53
1966 6.59
1967 6.61
1968 6.60
1969 6.58
1970 6.53
1971 6.55
1972 6.54
1973 6.51
1974 6.46
1975 6.39
1976 6.39
1977 6.37
1978 6.32
1979 6.26
1980 6.18
1981 6.16
1982 6.11
1983 6.05
1984 5.97
1985 5.88
1986 5.85
1987 5.80
1988 5.73
1989 5.65
1990 5.56
1991 5.51
1992 5.45
1993 5.38
1994 5.29
1995 5.20
1996 5.17
1997 5.12
1998 5.06
1999 5.00
2000 4.92
2001 4.90
2002 4.87
2003 4.83
2004 4.78
2005 4.72
2006 4.69
2007 4.65
2008 4.61
2009 4.57
2010 4.52
2011 4.56
2012 4.59
2013 4.61
2014 4.63
2015 4.65
2016 4.71
2017 4.77
2018 4.83
2019 4.88
2020 4.94

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Congo was 73.74 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 90.97 in 1981 and a minimum value of 73.74 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 76.29
1961 77.34
1962 78.33
1963 79.26
1964 80.07
1965 80.78
1966 81.89
1967 82.81
1968 83.58
1969 84.27
1970 84.90
1971 85.89
1972 86.73
1973 87.44
1974 88.03
1975 88.50
1976 89.35
1977 90.03
1978 90.52
1979 90.80
1980 90.84
1981 90.97
1982 90.76
1983 90.30
1984 89.69
1985 88.99
1986 88.38
1987 87.72
1988 86.98
1989 86.10
1990 85.08
1991 84.14
1992 83.08
1993 81.96
1994 80.90
1995 79.92
1996 79.12
1997 78.39
1998 77.72
1999 77.09
2000 76.50
2001 76.26
2002 75.98
2003 75.70
2004 75.48
2005 75.36
2006 75.15
2007 75.02
2008 74.92
2009 74.78
2010 74.56
2011 75.24
2012 75.73
2013 76.05
2014 76.22
2015 76.26
2016 76.06
2017 75.69
2018 75.18
2019 74.52
2020 73.74

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population