United States - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in United States was 53.85 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 66.69 in 1962 and 49.52 in 2008.
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 | 66.13 |
| 1961 | 66.65 |
| 1962 | 66.69 |
| 1963 | 66.39 |
| 1964 | 65.92 |
| 1965 | 65.37 |
| 1966 | 64.81 |
| 1967 | 64.18 |
| 1968 | 63.46 |
| 1969 | 62.63 |
| 1970 | 61.68 |
| 1971 | 60.45 |
| 1972 | 59.24 |
| 1973 | 58.05 |
| 1974 | 56.84 |
| 1975 | 55.61 |
| 1976 | 54.89 |
| 1977 | 54.08 |
| 1978 | 53.28 |
| 1979 | 52.59 |
| 1980 | 52.04 |
| 1981 | 51.60 |
| 1982 | 51.26 |
| 1983 | 51.05 |
| 1984 | 50.93 |
| 1985 | 50.90 |
| 1986 | 51.14 |
| 1987 | 51.41 |
| 1988 | 51.69 |
| 1989 | 51.96 |
| 1990 | 52.21 |
| 1991 | 52.61 |
| 1992 | 52.92 |
| 1993 | 53.12 |
| 1994 | 53.18 |
| 1995 | 53.09 |
| 1996 | 53.04 |
| 1997 | 52.79 |
| 1998 | 52.41 |
| 1999 | 52.00 |
| 2000 | 51.60 |
| 2001 | 51.15 |
| 2002 | 50.80 |
| 2003 | 50.48 |
| 2004 | 50.11 |
| 2005 | 49.68 |
| 2006 | 49.70 |
| 2007 | 49.61 |
| 2008 | 49.52 |
| 2009 | 49.53 |
| 2010 | 49.67 |
| 2011 | 49.87 |
| 2012 | 50.12 |
| 2013 | 50.43 |
| 2014 | 50.79 |
| 2015 | 51.21 |
| 2016 | 51.65 |
| 2017 | 52.16 |
| 2018 | 52.71 |
| 2019 | 53.28 |
| 2020 | 53.85 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in United States was 25.59 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25.59 in 2020 and a minimum value of 15.14 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 based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 15.14 |
| 1961 | 15.32 |
| 1962 | 15.43 |
| 1963 | 15.51 |
| 1964 | 15.58 |
| 1965 | 15.64 |
| 1966 | 15.78 |
| 1967 | 15.92 |
| 1968 | 16.05 |
| 1969 | 16.16 |
| 1970 | 16.25 |
| 1971 | 16.36 |
| 1972 | 16.45 |
| 1973 | 16.54 |
| 1974 | 16.62 |
| 1975 | 16.70 |
| 1976 | 16.87 |
| 1977 | 17.03 |
| 1978 | 17.19 |
| 1979 | 17.38 |
| 1980 | 17.57 |
| 1981 | 17.72 |
| 1982 | 17.85 |
| 1983 | 17.98 |
| 1984 | 18.14 |
| 1985 | 18.31 |
| 1986 | 18.52 |
| 1987 | 18.72 |
| 1988 | 18.91 |
| 1989 | 19.08 |
| 1990 | 19.22 |
| 1991 | 19.34 |
| 1992 | 19.41 |
| 1993 | 19.45 |
| 1994 | 19.44 |
| 1995 | 19.38 |
| 1996 | 19.30 |
| 1997 | 19.17 |
| 1998 | 19.01 |
| 1999 | 18.85 |
| 2000 | 18.70 |
| 2001 | 18.61 |
| 2002 | 18.54 |
| 2003 | 18.48 |
| 2004 | 18.44 |
| 2005 | 18.43 |
| 2006 | 18.53 |
| 2007 | 18.66 |
| 2008 | 18.83 |
| 2009 | 19.08 |
| 2010 | 19.43 |
| 2011 | 19.86 |
| 2012 | 20.36 |
| 2013 | 20.92 |
| 2014 | 21.51 |
| 2015 | 22.14 |
| 2016 | 22.80 |
| 2017 | 23.46 |
| 2018 | 24.14 |
| 2019 | 24.85 |
| 2020 | 25.59 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in United States was 28.27 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 51.33 in 1961 and a minimum value of 28.27 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 | 50.99 |
| 1961 | 51.33 |
| 1962 | 51.26 |
| 1963 | 50.88 |
| 1964 | 50.35 |
| 1965 | 49.72 |
| 1966 | 49.03 |
| 1967 | 48.26 |
| 1968 | 47.41 |
| 1969 | 46.47 |
| 1970 | 45.43 |
| 1971 | 44.08 |
| 1972 | 42.79 |
| 1973 | 41.51 |
| 1974 | 40.21 |
| 1975 | 38.91 |
| 1976 | 38.02 |
| 1977 | 37.06 |
| 1978 | 36.09 |
| 1979 | 35.21 |
| 1980 | 34.47 |
| 1981 | 33.88 |
| 1982 | 33.42 |
| 1983 | 33.06 |
| 1984 | 32.80 |
| 1985 | 32.60 |
| 1986 | 32.63 |
| 1987 | 32.69 |
| 1988 | 32.78 |
| 1989 | 32.89 |
| 1990 | 32.99 |
| 1991 | 33.27 |
| 1992 | 33.50 |
| 1993 | 33.67 |
| 1994 | 33.74 |
| 1995 | 33.70 |
| 1996 | 33.74 |
| 1997 | 33.62 |
| 1998 | 33.40 |
| 1999 | 33.15 |
| 2000 | 32.90 |
| 2001 | 32.54 |
| 2002 | 32.27 |
| 2003 | 32.00 |
| 2004 | 31.67 |
| 2005 | 31.26 |
| 2006 | 31.16 |
| 2007 | 30.96 |
| 2008 | 30.69 |
| 2009 | 30.44 |
| 2010 | 30.24 |
| 2011 | 30.01 |
| 2012 | 29.76 |
| 2013 | 29.51 |
| 2014 | 29.28 |
| 2015 | 29.07 |
| 2016 | 28.85 |
| 2017 | 28.69 |
| 2018 | 28.57 |
| 2019 | 28.43 |
| 2020 | 28.27 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
