Arab World - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Arab World was 61.02 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 94.59 in 1972 and 61.02 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 88.06
1961 89.49
1962 90.78
1963 91.90
1964 92.73
1965 93.20
1966 94.09
1967 94.49
1968 94.54
1969 94.43
1970 94.23
1971 94.52
1972 94.59
1973 94.48
1974 94.25
1975 93.94
1976 93.80
1977 93.56
1978 93.22
1979 92.79
1980 92.26
1981 91.97
1982 91.54
1983 91.00
1984 90.38
1985 89.72
1986 89.44
1987 89.03
1988 88.52
1989 87.91
1990 87.33
1991 86.51
1992 85.83
1993 84.70
1994 83.43
1995 81.82
1996 80.54
1997 79.20
1998 77.82
1999 76.42
2000 75.02
2001 73.61
2002 72.18
2003 70.77
2004 69.40
2005 68.10
2006 66.90
2007 65.78
2008 64.78
2009 63.91
2010 63.20
2011 62.57
2012 62.09
2013 61.73
2014 61.45
2015 61.20
2016 61.28
2017 61.25
2018 61.16
2019 61.08
2020 61.02

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Arab World was 7.59 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.59 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.59 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.

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Year Value
1960 6.59
1961 6.70
1962 6.79
1963 6.87
1964 6.92
1965 6.95
1966 7.02
1967 7.05
1968 7.07
1969 7.08
1970 7.07
1971 7.12
1972 7.15
1973 7.16
1974 7.15
1975 7.13
1976 7.11
1977 7.08
1978 7.04
1979 6.98
1980 6.93
1981 6.90
1982 6.87
1983 6.83
1984 6.79
1985 6.76
1986 6.76
1987 6.76
1988 6.76
1989 6.77
1990 6.76
1991 6.80
1992 6.88
1993 6.91
1994 6.93
1995 6.92
1996 6.95
1997 6.97
1998 6.98
1999 6.99
2000 6.99
2001 6.98
2002 6.96
2003 6.93
2004 6.89
2005 6.85
2006 6.81
2007 6.76
2008 6.71
2009 6.68
2010 6.66
2011 6.67
2012 6.69
2013 6.72
2014 6.78
2015 6.86
2016 6.98
2017 7.12
2018 7.27
2019 7.43
2020 7.59

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Arab World was 51.95 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 87.13 in 1968 and a minimum value of 51.95 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 81.32
1961 82.63
1962 83.79
1963 84.77
1964 85.47
1965 85.87
1966 86.67
1967 87.05
1968 87.13
1969 87.05
1970 86.85
1971 87.10
1972 87.11
1973 86.95
1974 86.68
1975 86.36
1976 86.19
1977 85.94
1978 85.61
1979 85.21
1980 84.70
1981 84.41
1982 84.00
1983 83.49
1984 82.92
1985 82.30
1986 82.02
1987 81.60
1988 81.07
1989 80.45
1990 79.86
1991 78.98
1992 78.25
1993 77.07
1994 75.74
1995 74.06
1996 72.69
1997 71.26
1998 69.81
1999 68.36
2000 66.90
2001 65.40
2002 63.90
2003 62.43
2004 61.01
2005 59.69
2006 58.40
2007 57.20
2008 56.14
2009 55.25
2010 54.52
2011 53.92
2012 53.47
2013 53.14
2014 52.86
2015 52.60
2016 52.61
2017 52.50
2018 52.31
2019 52.13
2020 51.95

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population