Saudi Arabia - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Saudi Arabia was 39.27 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 91.08 in 1970 and 39.27 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.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 87.85 |
| 1961 | 88.48 |
| 1962 | 88.83 |
| 1963 | 89.03 |
| 1964 | 89.20 |
| 1965 | 89.39 |
| 1966 | 89.92 |
| 1967 | 90.26 |
| 1968 | 90.52 |
| 1969 | 90.77 |
| 1970 | 91.08 |
| 1971 | 91.04 |
| 1972 | 90.94 |
| 1973 | 90.82 |
| 1974 | 90.64 |
| 1975 | 90.41 |
| 1976 | 89.82 |
| 1977 | 89.06 |
| 1978 | 88.31 |
| 1979 | 87.75 |
| 1980 | 87.44 |
| 1981 | 85.97 |
| 1982 | 84.71 |
| 1983 | 83.61 |
| 1984 | 82.48 |
| 1985 | 81.22 |
| 1986 | 81.47 |
| 1987 | 81.37 |
| 1988 | 81.26 |
| 1989 | 81.26 |
| 1990 | 81.23 |
| 1991 | 81.83 |
| 1992 | 82.31 |
| 1993 | 82.40 |
| 1994 | 81.89 |
| 1995 | 80.78 |
| 1996 | 78.04 |
| 1997 | 75.39 |
| 1998 | 73.17 |
| 1999 | 71.53 |
| 2000 | 70.28 |
| 2001 | 67.50 |
| 2002 | 64.97 |
| 2003 | 62.63 |
| 2004 | 60.42 |
| 2005 | 58.32 |
| 2006 | 56.12 |
| 2007 | 53.95 |
| 2008 | 51.91 |
| 2009 | 50.10 |
| 2010 | 48.53 |
| 2011 | 46.34 |
| 2012 | 44.47 |
| 2013 | 42.89 |
| 2014 | 41.59 |
| 2015 | 40.54 |
| 2016 | 40.12 |
| 2017 | 39.79 |
| 2018 | 39.58 |
| 2019 | 39.43 |
| 2020 | 39.27 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Saudi Arabia was 4.87 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.82 in 1961 and a minimum value of 4.19 in 2014.
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.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.80 |
| 1961 | 6.82 |
| 1962 | 6.82 |
| 1963 | 6.81 |
| 1964 | 6.78 |
| 1965 | 6.75 |
| 1966 | 6.74 |
| 1967 | 6.71 |
| 1968 | 6.67 |
| 1969 | 6.63 |
| 1970 | 6.57 |
| 1971 | 6.50 |
| 1972 | 6.42 |
| 1973 | 6.34 |
| 1974 | 6.27 |
| 1975 | 6.20 |
| 1976 | 6.08 |
| 1977 | 5.97 |
| 1978 | 5.86 |
| 1979 | 5.76 |
| 1980 | 5.67 |
| 1981 | 5.46 |
| 1982 | 5.27 |
| 1983 | 5.09 |
| 1984 | 4.92 |
| 1985 | 4.76 |
| 1986 | 4.77 |
| 1987 | 4.81 |
| 1988 | 4.88 |
| 1989 | 4.98 |
| 1990 | 5.11 |
| 1991 | 5.17 |
| 1992 | 5.22 |
| 1993 | 5.25 |
| 1994 | 5.27 |
| 1995 | 5.26 |
| 1996 | 5.22 |
| 1997 | 5.17 |
| 1998 | 5.14 |
| 1999 | 5.12 |
| 2000 | 5.11 |
| 2001 | 5.01 |
| 2002 | 4.92 |
| 2003 | 4.83 |
| 2004 | 4.75 |
| 2005 | 4.69 |
| 2006 | 4.62 |
| 2007 | 4.56 |
| 2008 | 4.51 |
| 2009 | 4.46 |
| 2010 | 4.41 |
| 2011 | 4.32 |
| 2012 | 4.25 |
| 2013 | 4.20 |
| 2014 | 4.19 |
| 2015 | 4.25 |
| 2016 | 4.35 |
| 2017 | 4.48 |
| 2018 | 4.63 |
| 2019 | 4.76 |
| 2020 | 4.87 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Saudi Arabia was 34.39 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 84.54 in 1971 and a minimum value of 34.39 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 | 81.05 |
| 1961 | 81.66 |
| 1962 | 82.01 |
| 1963 | 82.22 |
| 1964 | 82.42 |
| 1965 | 82.64 |
| 1966 | 83.18 |
| 1967 | 83.55 |
| 1968 | 83.85 |
| 1969 | 84.15 |
| 1970 | 84.50 |
| 1971 | 84.54 |
| 1972 | 84.52 |
| 1973 | 84.47 |
| 1974 | 84.37 |
| 1975 | 84.20 |
| 1976 | 83.74 |
| 1977 | 83.09 |
| 1978 | 82.45 |
| 1979 | 81.99 |
| 1980 | 81.77 |
| 1981 | 80.51 |
| 1982 | 79.45 |
| 1983 | 78.52 |
| 1984 | 77.56 |
| 1985 | 76.46 |
| 1986 | 76.70 |
| 1987 | 76.56 |
| 1988 | 76.38 |
| 1989 | 76.28 |
| 1990 | 76.13 |
| 1991 | 76.66 |
| 1992 | 77.09 |
| 1993 | 77.15 |
| 1994 | 76.62 |
| 1995 | 75.51 |
| 1996 | 72.82 |
| 1997 | 70.22 |
| 1998 | 68.04 |
| 1999 | 66.41 |
| 2000 | 65.17 |
| 2001 | 62.49 |
| 2002 | 60.05 |
| 2003 | 57.80 |
| 2004 | 55.66 |
| 2005 | 53.63 |
| 2006 | 51.50 |
| 2007 | 49.39 |
| 2008 | 47.40 |
| 2009 | 45.64 |
| 2010 | 44.12 |
| 2011 | 42.01 |
| 2012 | 40.22 |
| 2013 | 38.70 |
| 2014 | 37.40 |
| 2015 | 36.29 |
| 2016 | 35.76 |
| 2017 | 35.31 |
| 2018 | 34.96 |
| 2019 | 34.67 |
| 2020 | 34.39 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
