Afghanistan - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Afghanistan was 80.09 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 104.86 in 2000 and 80.09 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 81.62
1961 82.69
1962 83.29
1963 83.60
1964 83.85
1965 84.13
1966 85.34
1967 86.39
1968 87.29
1969 88.00
1970 88.53
1971 89.78
1972 90.71
1973 91.38
1974 91.80
1975 91.95
1976 92.99
1977 93.86
1978 94.51
1979 94.82
1980 94.61
1981 95.76
1982 96.72
1983 97.52
1984 98.28
1985 99.26
1986 100.04
1987 100.32
1988 100.42
1989 100.85
1990 102.19
1991 101.86
1992 101.57
1993 101.50
1994 101.36
1995 100.75
1996 101.78
1997 102.82
1998 103.65
1999 104.28
2000 104.86
2001 104.48
2002 103.67
2003 102.66
2004 101.56
2005 100.35
2006 100.97
2007 101.60
2008 102.08
2009 102.25
2010 102.05
2011 100.22
2012 97.93
2013 95.34
2014 92.65
2015 89.95
2016 87.94
2017 86.00
2018 84.08
2019 82.11
2020 80.09

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Afghanistan was 4.77 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5.14 in 1962 and a minimum value of 4.46 in 1985.

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 5.08
1961 5.13
1962 5.14
1963 5.12
1964 5.06
1965 4.99
1966 5.04
1967 5.06
1968 5.06
1969 5.03
1970 4.96
1971 5.00
1972 5.01
1973 4.99
1974 4.96
1975 4.90
1976 4.94
1977 4.94
1978 4.91
1979 4.84
1980 4.74
1981 4.80
1982 4.81
1983 4.77
1984 4.65
1985 4.46
1986 4.54
1987 4.60
1988 4.62
1989 4.59
1990 4.51
1991 4.53
1992 4.55
1993 4.60
1994 4.67
1995 4.75
1996 4.78
1997 4.78
1998 4.77
1999 4.74
2000 4.70
2001 4.65
2002 4.59
2003 4.55
2004 4.50
2005 4.46
2006 4.53
2007 4.58
2008 4.62
2009 4.66
2010 4.70
2011 4.71
2012 4.72
2013 4.73
2014 4.72
2015 4.71
2016 4.74
2017 4.75
2018 4.76
2019 4.76
2020 4.77

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Afghanistan was 75.32 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 100.16 in 2000 and a minimum value of 75.32 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 76.54
1961 77.56
1962 78.15
1963 78.49
1964 78.79
1965 79.14
1966 80.30
1967 81.33
1968 82.23
1969 82.98
1970 83.56
1971 84.78
1972 85.70
1973 86.38
1974 86.85
1975 87.05
1976 88.05
1977 88.92
1978 89.60
1979 89.97
1980 89.87
1981 90.96
1982 91.91
1983 92.75
1984 93.63
1985 94.80
1986 95.49
1987 95.72
1988 95.80
1989 96.26
1990 97.67
1991 97.33
1992 97.02
1993 96.90
1994 96.69
1995 96.00
1996 97.00
1997 98.04
1998 98.88
1999 99.54
2000 100.16
2001 99.83
2002 99.08
2003 98.12
2004 97.06
2005 95.89
2006 96.45
2007 97.02
2008 97.46
2009 97.59
2010 97.34
2011 95.51
2012 93.20
2013 90.61
2014 87.93
2015 85.25
2016 83.21
2017 81.25
2018 79.32
2019 77.35
2020 75.32

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population