Ecuador - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Ecuador was 57.69 as of 2010. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 96.01 in 1965 and 57.69 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 92.14
1961 93.16
1962 94.17
1963 95.05
1964 95.68
1965 96.01
1966 96.00
1967 95.72
1968 95.26
1969 94.73
1970 94.20
1971 93.70
1972 93.18
1973 92.66
1974 92.11
1975 91.51
1976 90.89
1977 90.22
1978 89.51
1979 88.71
1980 87.81
1981 86.81
1982 85.73
1983 84.59
1984 83.39
1985 82.16
1986 80.91
1987 79.65
1988 78.36
1989 77.04
1990 75.68
1991 74.29
1992 72.87
1993 71.50
1994 70.24
1995 69.13
1996 68.19
1997 67.37
1998 66.62
1999 65.88
2000 65.10
2001 64.26
2002 63.40
2003 62.54
2004 61.72
2005 60.95
2006 60.24
2007 59.58
2008 58.95
2009 58.32
2010 57.69

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Ecuador was 9.84 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.84 in 2010 and a minimum value of 7.41 in 1987.

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 8.98
1961 8.94
1962 8.91
1963 8.87
1964 8.82
1965 8.75
1966 8.67
1967 8.57
1968 8.47
1969 8.37
1970 8.27
1971 8.17
1972 8.07
1973 7.98
1974 7.90
1975 7.83
1976 7.79
1977 7.75
1978 7.73
1979 7.70
1980 7.66
1981 7.61
1982 7.55
1983 7.50
1984 7.46
1985 7.43
1986 7.41
1987 7.41
1988 7.42
1989 7.44
1990 7.47
1991 7.51
1992 7.55
1993 7.61
1994 7.68
1995 7.77
1996 7.88
1997 8.00
1998 8.14
1999 8.28
2000 8.42
2001 8.56
2002 8.69
2003 8.82
2004 8.96
2005 9.10
2006 9.24
2007 9.38
2008 9.54
2009 9.69
2010 9.84

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Ecuador was 47.83 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 87.33 in 1966 and a minimum value of 47.83 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 83.16
1961 84.22
1962 85.26
1963 86.18
1964 86.87
1965 87.26
1966 87.33
1967 87.15
1968 86.79
1969 86.36
1970 85.94
1971 85.53
1972 85.12
1973 84.68
1974 84.21
1975 83.68
1976 83.10
1977 82.47
1978 81.78
1979 81.01
1980 80.15
1981 79.20
1982 78.18
1983 77.08
1984 75.93
1985 74.73
1986 73.50
1987 72.24
1988 70.94
1989 69.60
1990 68.21
1991 66.78
1992 65.32
1993 63.89
1994 62.56
1995 61.37
1996 60.31
1997 59.36
1998 58.48
1999 57.60
2000 56.67
2001 55.71
2002 54.71
2003 53.72
2004 52.76
2005 51.85
2006 51.00
2007 50.20
2008 49.42
2009 48.63
2010 47.83

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population