Panama - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Panama was 55.11 as of 2010. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 93.60 in 1968 and 55.11 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 89.38
1961 90.22
1962 91.03
1963 91.78
1964 92.43
1965 92.95
1966 93.32
1967 93.54
1968 93.60
1969 93.49
1970 93.21
1971 92.75
1972 92.13
1973 91.34
1974 90.38
1975 89.26
1976 87.99
1977 86.60
1978 85.11
1979 83.53
1980 81.88
1981 80.17
1982 78.44
1983 76.71
1984 75.04
1985 73.46
1986 71.99
1987 70.60
1988 69.31
1989 68.11
1990 66.99
1991 65.96
1992 65.01
1993 64.13
1994 63.33
1995 62.60
1996 61.93
1997 61.32
1998 60.75
1999 60.19
2000 59.62
2001 59.04
2002 58.46
2003 57.89
2004 57.37
2005 56.90
2006 56.51
2007 56.16
2008 55.85
2009 55.51
2010 55.11

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Panama was 10.22 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.22 in 2010 and a minimum value of 8.16 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 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 8.16
1961 8.26
1962 8.36
1963 8.44
1964 8.50
1965 8.53
1966 8.53
1967 8.52
1968 8.48
1969 8.44
1970 8.40
1971 8.35
1972 8.31
1973 8.27
1974 8.24
1975 8.23
1976 8.24
1977 8.27
1978 8.30
1979 8.32
1980 8.32
1981 8.32
1982 8.29
1983 8.27
1984 8.25
1985 8.23
1986 8.23
1987 8.23
1988 8.23
1989 8.25
1990 8.27
1991 8.30
1992 8.33
1993 8.37
1994 8.42
1995 8.46
1996 8.52
1997 8.58
1998 8.64
1999 8.71
2000 8.79
2001 8.86
2002 8.94
2003 9.04
2004 9.14
2005 9.28
2006 9.43
2007 9.61
2008 9.81
2009 10.01
2010 10.22

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Panama was 44.93 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 85.12 in 1968 and a minimum value of 44.93 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 81.21
1961 81.95
1962 82.67
1963 83.34
1964 83.94
1965 84.42
1966 84.78
1967 85.02
1968 85.12
1969 85.05
1970 84.81
1971 84.40
1972 83.82
1973 83.07
1974 82.13
1975 81.02
1976 79.75
1977 78.33
1978 76.81
1979 75.21
1980 73.56
1981 71.86
1982 70.14
1983 68.44
1984 66.79
1985 65.23
1986 63.76
1987 62.37
1988 61.07
1989 59.86
1990 58.72
1991 57.66
1992 56.68
1993 55.76
1994 54.92
1995 54.14
1996 53.41
1997 52.74
1998 52.10
1999 51.47
2000 50.84
2001 50.18
2002 49.52
2003 48.86
2004 48.22
2005 47.63
2006 47.07
2007 46.55
2008 46.04
2009 45.50
2010 44.93

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population