Sri Lanka - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Sri Lanka was 53.65 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 87.10 in 1960 and 47.98 in 2005.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 87.10
1961 87.08
1962 86.25
1963 84.98
1964 83.73
1965 82.72
1966 81.79
1967 81.16
1968 80.60
1969 79.75
1970 78.46
1971 77.51
1972 76.08
1973 74.39
1974 72.80
1975 71.48
1976 70.34
1977 69.53
1978 68.91
1979 68.22
1980 67.38
1981 66.97
1982 66.33
1983 65.57
1984 64.84
1985 64.19
1986 63.47
1987 62.72
1988 61.93
1989 61.09
1990 60.19
1991 59.15
1992 58.22
1993 57.31
1994 56.30
1995 55.16
1996 54.08
1997 52.82
1998 51.48
1999 50.23
2000 49.19
2001 48.61
2002 48.26
2003 48.10
2004 48.02
2005 47.98
2006 48.18
2007 48.30
2008 48.40
2009 48.56
2010 48.83
2011 49.33
2012 49.98
2013 50.68
2014 51.34
2015 51.89
2016 52.35
2017 52.74
2018 53.07
2019 53.36
2020 53.65

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Sri Lanka was 17.26 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.26 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.58 in 1970.

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 8.46
1961 8.16
1962 7.84
1963 7.52
1964 7.22
1965 6.94
1966 6.86
1967 6.78
1968 6.72
1969 6.65
1970 6.58
1971 6.63
1972 6.68
1973 6.71
1974 6.75
1975 6.80
1976 6.90
1977 7.01
1978 7.11
1979 7.21
1980 7.30
1981 7.45
1982 7.59
1983 7.73
1984 7.87
1985 8.02
1986 8.17
1987 8.32
1988 8.48
1989 8.62
1990 8.77
1991 8.91
1992 9.05
1993 9.17
1994 9.28
1995 9.38
1996 9.40
1997 9.39
1998 9.36
1999 9.32
2000 9.28
2001 9.43
2002 9.59
2003 9.75
2004 9.93
2005 10.12
2006 10.27
2007 10.42
2008 10.58
2009 10.79
2010 11.06
2011 11.62
2012 12.25
2013 12.93
2014 13.61
2015 14.27
2016 14.88
2017 15.46
2018 16.03
2019 16.62
2020 17.26

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Sri Lanka was 36.39 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 78.92 in 1961 and a minimum value of 36.39 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 78.64
1961 78.92
1962 78.41
1963 77.46
1964 76.51
1965 75.77
1966 74.93
1967 74.38
1968 73.89
1969 73.10
1970 71.88
1971 70.88
1972 69.40
1973 67.68
1974 66.05
1975 64.68
1976 63.44
1977 62.53
1978 61.80
1979 61.02
1980 60.08
1981 59.52
1982 58.74
1983 57.84
1984 56.97
1985 56.17
1986 55.30
1987 54.39
1988 53.45
1989 52.46
1990 51.43
1991 50.24
1992 49.17
1993 48.13
1994 47.02
1995 45.78
1996 44.68
1997 43.43
1998 42.12
1999 40.91
2000 39.91
2001 39.18
2002 38.67
2003 38.35
2004 38.10
2005 37.86
2006 37.91
2007 37.88
2008 37.82
2009 37.77
2010 37.77
2011 37.71
2012 37.72
2013 37.75
2014 37.73
2015 37.63
2016 37.47
2017 37.28
2018 37.04
2019 36.74
2020 36.39

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population