Sierra Leone - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Sierra Leone was 81.45 as of 2010. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 81.76 in 2008 and 73.83 in 1960.

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 73.83
1961 73.90
1962 74.01
1963 74.15
1964 74.33
1965 74.53
1966 74.77
1967 75.05
1968 75.33
1969 75.60
1970 75.83
1971 76.03
1972 76.19
1973 76.35
1974 76.54
1975 76.77
1976 77.05
1977 77.37
1978 77.73
1979 78.12
1980 78.56
1981 79.04
1982 79.54
1983 80.04
1984 80.49
1985 80.87
1986 81.17
1987 81.41
1988 81.56
1989 81.63
1990 81.63
1991 81.55
1992 81.40
1993 81.20
1994 80.97
1995 80.75
1996 80.54
1997 80.34
1998 80.19
1999 80.13
2000 80.18
2001 80.33
2002 80.55
2003 80.81
2004 81.07
2005 81.30
2006 81.50
2007 81.67
2008 81.76
2009 81.69
2010 81.45

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Sierra Leone was 3.43 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5.25 in 1978 and a minimum value of 3.43 in 2010.

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 5.03
1961 5.03
1962 5.03
1963 5.03
1964 5.04
1965 5.05
1966 5.06
1967 5.07
1968 5.09
1969 5.11
1970 5.13
1971 5.15
1972 5.17
1973 5.19
1974 5.21
1975 5.23
1976 5.24
1977 5.25
1978 5.25
1979 5.24
1980 5.22
1981 5.18
1982 5.13
1983 5.07
1984 5.01
1985 4.95
1986 4.90
1987 4.86
1988 4.81
1989 4.76
1990 4.70
1991 4.63
1992 4.54
1993 4.45
1994 4.35
1995 4.25
1996 4.15
1997 4.05
1998 3.95
1999 3.86
2000 3.78
2001 3.70
2002 3.63
2003 3.57
2004 3.52
2005 3.49
2006 3.46
2007 3.44
2008 3.43
2009 3.43
2010 3.43

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Sierra Leone was 78.02 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 78.32 in 2008 and a minimum value of 68.81 in 1960.

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 68.81
1961 68.88
1962 68.98
1963 69.12
1964 69.29
1965 69.48
1966 69.71
1967 69.97
1968 70.24
1969 70.49
1970 70.70
1971 70.88
1972 71.02
1973 71.16
1974 71.33
1975 71.55
1976 71.81
1977 72.12
1978 72.47
1979 72.88
1980 73.34
1981 73.86
1982 74.41
1983 74.97
1984 75.48
1985 75.92
1986 76.27
1987 76.55
1988 76.75
1989 76.87
1990 76.93
1991 76.92
1992 76.86
1993 76.75
1994 76.62
1995 76.51
1996 76.39
1997 76.29
1998 76.23
1999 76.26
2000 76.40
2001 76.63
2002 76.92
2003 77.24
2004 77.54
2005 77.81
2006 78.04
2007 78.23
2008 78.32
2009 78.26
2010 78.02

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population