Mauritius - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Mauritius was 41.45 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 97.35 in 1963 and 41.29 in 2012.

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 96.39
1961 96.65
1962 97.05
1963 97.35
1964 97.09
1965 96.06
1966 95.26
1967 93.45
1968 91.09
1969 88.69
1970 86.40
1971 83.19
1972 80.68
1973 78.53
1974 76.27
1975 73.71
1976 70.71
1977 68.03
1978 66.10
1979 65.07
1980 64.62
1981 63.07
1982 61.46
1983 59.79
1984 58.12
1985 56.50
1986 55.23
1987 53.93
1988 52.68
1989 51.62
1990 50.82
1991 49.95
1992 49.50
1993 49.29
1994 49.03
1995 48.56
1996 48.70
1997 48.31
1998 47.67
1999 47.13
2000 46.84
2001 46.27
2002 46.17
2003 46.26
2004 46.12
2005 45.59
2006 45.17
2007 44.34
2008 43.33
2009 42.50
2010 41.99
2011 41.48
2012 41.29
2013 41.34
2014 41.45
2015 41.55
2016 41.53
2017 41.46
2018 41.38
2019 41.36
2020 41.45

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Mauritius was 17.71 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.71 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4.81 in 1970.

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 4.86
1961 4.89
1962 4.90
1963 4.90
1964 4.88
1965 4.85
1966 4.87
1967 4.86
1968 4.85
1969 4.84
1970 4.81
1971 4.82
1972 4.83
1973 4.83
1974 4.84
1975 4.82
1976 4.98
1977 5.17
1978 5.40
1979 5.67
1980 5.98
1981 6.09
1982 6.17
1983 6.25
1984 6.33
1985 6.42
1986 6.56
1987 6.71
1988 6.86
1989 6.99
1990 7.10
1991 7.25
1992 7.38
1993 7.49
1994 7.60
1995 7.73
1996 8.02
1997 8.30
1998 8.56
1999 8.80
2000 9.02
2001 9.14
2002 9.28
2003 9.41
2004 9.51
2005 9.59
2006 9.79
2007 9.97
2008 10.17
2009 10.45
2010 10.83
2011 11.34
2012 11.93
2013 12.59
2014 13.32
2015 14.09
2016 14.78
2017 15.49
2018 16.22
2019 16.96
2020 17.71

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Mauritius was 23.74 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 92.45 in 1963 and a minimum value of 23.74 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 91.53
1961 91.76
1962 92.15
1963 92.45
1964 92.21
1965 91.20
1966 90.39
1967 88.59
1968 86.24
1969 83.86
1970 81.59
1971 78.37
1972 75.85
1973 73.70
1974 71.44
1975 68.89
1976 65.73
1977 62.87
1978 60.71
1979 59.40
1980 58.64
1981 56.98
1982 55.29
1983 53.55
1984 51.79
1985 50.08
1986 48.66
1987 47.21
1988 45.82
1989 44.63
1990 43.72
1991 42.70
1992 42.13
1993 41.80
1994 41.43
1995 40.83
1996 40.68
1997 40.01
1998 39.11
1999 38.33
2000 37.82
2001 37.13
2002 36.89
2003 36.85
2004 36.61
2005 36.00
2006 35.38
2007 34.37
2008 33.16
2009 32.05
2010 31.16
2011 30.15
2012 29.36
2013 28.75
2014 28.14
2015 27.46
2016 26.75
2017 25.97
2018 25.16
2019 24.40
2020 23.74

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population