Honduras - Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Honduras was 55.19 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 104.12 in 1968 and 55.19 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 98.14
1961 99.64
1962 100.96
1963 102.02
1964 102.69
1965 102.93
1966 103.71
1967 104.07
1968 104.12
1969 103.96
1970 103.65
1971 103.96
1972 103.92
1973 103.67
1974 103.40
1975 103.17
1976 103.23
1977 103.36
1978 103.43
1979 103.28
1980 102.83
1981 102.70
1982 102.20
1983 101.50
1984 100.76
1985 100.08
1986 99.57
1987 99.05
1988 98.49
1989 97.82
1990 97.02
1991 96.12
1992 95.14
1993 94.10
1994 93.05
1995 92.04
1996 91.04
1997 90.09
1998 89.14
1999 88.10
2000 86.93
2001 85.85
2002 84.50
2003 82.99
2004 81.44
2005 79.89
2006 78.15
2007 76.50
2008 74.85
2009 73.06
2010 71.12
2011 69.20
2012 67.16
2013 65.09
2014 63.16
2015 61.43
2016 59.85
2017 58.49
2018 57.31
2019 56.22
2020 55.19

Development Relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development.

Limitations and Exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: this indicator implies the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. Many times single or widowed women who are the sole caregiver of a household have a high dependency

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population