Dominican Republic - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Dominican Republic was 53.77 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 106.69 in 1964 and 53.77 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 103.13
1961 104.45
1962 105.53
1963 106.31
1964 106.69
1965 106.59
1966 106.31
1967 105.59
1968 104.52
1969 103.19
1970 101.67
1971 100.16
1972 98.48
1973 96.69
1974 94.84
1975 92.95
1976 91.18
1977 89.38
1978 87.61
1979 85.90
1980 84.28
1981 82.80
1982 81.42
1983 80.13
1984 78.93
1985 77.78
1986 76.70
1987 75.68
1988 74.71
1989 73.82
1990 73.01
1991 72.20
1992 71.50
1993 70.86
1994 70.21
1995 69.53
1996 68.89
1997 68.16
1998 67.38
1999 66.62
2000 65.89
2001 65.13
2002 64.45
2003 63.77
2004 63.02
2005 62.18
2006 61.28
2007 60.30
2008 59.28
2009 58.29
2010 57.39
2011 56.66
2012 56.03
2013 55.49
2014 55.04
2015 54.65
2016 54.38
2017 54.16
2018 53.99
2019 53.86
2020 53.77

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Dominican Republic was 11.58 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11.58 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.17 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 based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 5.17
1961 5.21
1962 5.23
1963 5.24
1964 5.24
1965 5.23
1966 5.25
1967 5.26
1968 5.25
1969 5.24
1970 5.23
1971 5.25
1972 5.26
1973 5.27
1974 5.27
1975 5.27
1976 5.32
1977 5.35
1978 5.39
1979 5.43
1980 5.47
1981 5.55
1982 5.62
1983 5.70
1984 5.78
1985 5.87
1986 5.98
1987 6.10
1988 6.22
1989 6.33
1990 6.46
1991 6.60
1992 6.74
1993 6.88
1994 7.02
1995 7.17
1996 7.34
1997 7.50
1998 7.66
1999 7.82
2000 7.97
2001 8.15
2002 8.32
2003 8.48
2004 8.62
2005 8.73
2006 8.84
2007 8.94
2008 9.02
2009 9.10
2010 9.21
2011 9.35
2012 9.50
2013 9.66
2014 9.85
2015 10.07
2016 10.33
2017 10.61
2018 10.91
2019 11.23
2020 11.58

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Dominican Republic was 42.19 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 101.45 in 1964 and a minimum value of 42.19 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 97.96
1961 99.24
1962 100.30
1963 101.07
1964 101.45
1965 101.36
1966 101.06
1967 100.34
1968 99.26
1969 97.95
1970 96.45
1971 94.91
1972 93.22
1973 91.42
1974 89.57
1975 87.67
1976 85.86
1977 84.03
1978 82.22
1979 80.47
1980 78.81
1981 77.25
1982 75.80
1983 74.44
1984 73.15
1985 71.91
1986 70.72
1987 69.58
1988 68.49
1989 67.48
1990 66.55
1991 65.60
1992 64.76
1993 63.97
1994 63.19
1995 62.36
1996 61.55
1997 60.66
1998 59.72
1999 58.80
2000 57.92
2001 56.99
2002 56.13
2003 55.29
2004 54.41
2005 53.45
2006 52.43
2007 51.36
2008 50.26
2009 49.18
2010 48.18
2011 47.31
2012 46.53
2013 45.83
2014 45.18
2015 44.58
2016 44.05
2017 43.55
2018 43.08
2019 42.63
2020 42.19

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population