Namibia - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Namibia was 67.01 as of 2010. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 103.51 in 1983 and 67.01 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 82.92
1961 83.46
1962 84.01
1963 84.55
1964 85.04
1965 85.49
1966 85.90
1967 86.29
1968 86.69
1969 87.11
1970 87.59
1971 88.08
1972 88.59
1973 89.24
1974 90.15
1975 91.39
1976 92.97
1977 94.80
1978 96.75
1979 98.63
1980 100.27
1981 101.70
1982 102.88
1983 103.51
1984 103.26
1985 102.00
1986 99.74
1987 96.81
1988 93.72
1989 90.97
1990 88.80
1991 87.19
1992 86.00
1993 85.05
1994 84.12
1995 83.10
1996 81.96
1997 80.76
1998 79.58
1999 78.50
2000 77.55
2001 76.75
2002 76.04
2003 75.32
2004 74.49
2005 73.48
2006 72.28
2007 70.94
2008 69.55
2009 68.20
2010 67.01

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Namibia was 6.13 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.10 in 1983 and a minimum value of 5.95 in 2002.

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 6.77
1961 6.72
1962 6.69
1963 6.68
1964 6.67
1965 6.66
1966 6.67
1967 6.68
1968 6.69
1969 6.69
1970 6.69
1971 6.67
1972 6.64
1973 6.61
1974 6.60
1975 6.62
1976 6.66
1977 6.71
1978 6.78
1979 6.85
1980 6.92
1981 6.99
1982 7.06
1983 7.10
1984 7.10
1985 7.04
1986 6.92
1987 6.77
1988 6.61
1989 6.47
1990 6.37
1991 6.30
1992 6.27
1993 6.25
1994 6.22
1995 6.19
1996 6.14
1997 6.09
1998 6.04
1999 6.00
2000 5.97
2001 5.95
2002 5.95
2003 5.96
2004 5.97
2005 5.98
2006 6.00
2007 6.02
2008 6.05
2009 6.08
2010 6.13

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Namibia was 60.80 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 96.41 in 1983 and a minimum value of 60.80 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 76.15
1961 76.74
1962 77.32
1963 77.87
1964 78.38
1965 78.83
1966 79.23
1967 79.61
1968 80.00
1969 80.42
1970 80.90
1971 81.41
1972 81.95
1973 82.63
1974 83.54
1975 84.77
1976 86.32
1977 88.09
1978 89.97
1979 91.78
1980 93.35
1981 94.71
1982 95.82
1983 96.41
1984 96.16
1985 94.96
1986 92.82
1987 90.04
1988 87.11
1989 84.50
1990 82.43
1991 80.89
1992 79.74
1993 78.80
1994 77.90
1995 76.91
1996 75.81
1997 74.67
1998 73.54
1999 72.50
2000 71.59
2001 70.80
2002 70.09
2003 69.36
2004 68.52
2005 67.49
2006 66.28
2007 64.92
2008 63.50
2009 62.11
2010 60.80

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population