Somalia - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Somalia was 96.28 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 103.99 in 2009 and 83.68 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 based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 83.68
1961 84.72
1962 85.34
1963 85.62
1964 85.67
1965 85.57
1966 86.36
1967 86.86
1968 87.15
1969 87.16
1970 86.83
1971 87.44
1972 87.45
1973 87.08
1974 86.96
1975 87.84
1976 88.32
1977 88.70
1978 89.17
1979 89.30
1980 88.52
1981 88.91
1982 89.13
1983 88.91
1984 88.35
1985 87.74
1986 88.17
1987 88.51
1988 88.85
1989 89.12
1990 89.17
1991 90.18
1992 90.87
1993 91.34
1994 91.88
1995 92.80
1996 94.25
1997 95.68
1998 97.11
1999 98.38
2000 99.32
2001 100.76
2002 101.59
2003 101.97
2004 102.12
2005 102.15
2006 102.89
2007 103.55
2008 103.98
2009 103.99
2010 103.52
2011 103.44
2012 102.81
2013 101.84
2014 100.81
2015 99.87
2016 99.09
2017 98.44
2018 97.82
2019 97.12
2020 96.28

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Somalia was 5.70 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.10 in 1974 and a minimum value of 5.24 in 2000.

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 5.44
1961 5.55
1962 5.63
1963 5.69
1964 5.72
1965 5.74
1966 5.82
1967 5.88
1968 5.92
1969 5.94
1970 5.93
1971 6.01
1972 6.06
1973 6.09
1974 6.10
1975 6.10
1976 6.00
1977 5.95
1978 5.94
1979 5.96
1980 6.02
1981 6.06
1982 6.05
1983 6.00
1984 5.92
1985 5.80
1986 5.81
1987 5.80
1988 5.75
1989 5.67
1990 5.56
1991 5.58
1992 5.58
1993 5.54
1994 5.46
1995 5.33
1996 5.33
1997 5.31
1998 5.29
1999 5.26
2000 5.24
2001 5.27
2002 5.31
2003 5.33
2004 5.34
2005 5.35
2006 5.40
2007 5.43
2008 5.45
2009 5.47
2010 5.48
2011 5.52
2012 5.55
2013 5.57
2014 5.59
2015 5.59
2016 5.63
2017 5.66
2018 5.68
2019 5.70
2020 5.70

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Somalia was 90.58 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 98.53 in 2008 and a minimum value of 78.24 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 based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 78.24
1961 79.17
1962 79.70
1963 79.93
1964 79.95
1965 79.84
1966 80.54
1967 80.98
1968 81.23
1969 81.22
1970 80.89
1971 81.43
1972 81.39
1973 80.99
1974 80.86
1975 81.74
1976 82.31
1977 82.75
1978 83.23
1979 83.33
1980 82.50
1981 82.85
1982 83.08
1983 82.91
1984 82.43
1985 81.94
1986 82.35
1987 82.71
1988 83.11
1989 83.45
1990 83.61
1991 84.59
1992 85.29
1993 85.81
1994 86.43
1995 87.47
1996 88.92
1997 90.36
1998 91.83
1999 93.12
2000 94.08
2001 95.49
2002 96.29
2003 96.64
2004 96.78
2005 96.81
2006 97.49
2007 98.12
2008 98.53
2009 98.52
2010 98.05
2011 97.92
2012 97.26
2013 96.26
2014 95.22
2015 94.27
2016 93.46
2017 92.78
2018 92.14
2019 91.42
2020 90.58

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population