Bhutan - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Bhutan was 45.14 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 87.44 in 1987 and 45.14 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 | 80.05 |
| 1961 | 80.55 |
| 1962 | 80.30 |
| 1963 | 79.70 |
| 1964 | 79.27 |
| 1965 | 79.26 |
| 1966 | 79.78 |
| 1967 | 80.50 |
| 1968 | 81.32 |
| 1969 | 81.97 |
| 1970 | 82.33 |
| 1971 | 83.36 |
| 1972 | 83.97 |
| 1973 | 84.27 |
| 1974 | 84.42 |
| 1975 | 84.49 |
| 1976 | 85.19 |
| 1977 | 85.64 |
| 1978 | 85.88 |
| 1979 | 85.89 |
| 1980 | 85.67 |
| 1981 | 86.50 |
| 1982 | 86.98 |
| 1983 | 87.18 |
| 1984 | 87.21 |
| 1985 | 87.14 |
| 1986 | 87.36 |
| 1987 | 87.44 |
| 1988 | 87.35 |
| 1989 | 86.94 |
| 1990 | 86.10 |
| 1991 | 86.39 |
| 1992 | 86.48 |
| 1993 | 86.39 |
| 1994 | 86.24 |
| 1995 | 86.18 |
| 1996 | 84.97 |
| 1997 | 83.47 |
| 1998 | 81.76 |
| 1999 | 79.84 |
| 2000 | 77.71 |
| 2001 | 75.38 |
| 2002 | 72.89 |
| 2003 | 70.32 |
| 2004 | 67.75 |
| 2005 | 65.25 |
| 2006 | 63.54 |
| 2007 | 61.86 |
| 2008 | 60.21 |
| 2009 | 58.60 |
| 2010 | 57.02 |
| 2011 | 55.35 |
| 2012 | 53.71 |
| 2013 | 52.17 |
| 2014 | 50.76 |
| 2015 | 49.53 |
| 2016 | 48.34 |
| 2017 | 47.37 |
| 2018 | 46.57 |
| 2019 | 45.84 |
| 2020 | 45.14 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Bhutan was 9.01 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.01 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4.21 in 1965.
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 | 4.25 |
| 1961 | 4.28 |
| 1962 | 4.29 |
| 1963 | 4.27 |
| 1964 | 4.25 |
| 1965 | 4.21 |
| 1966 | 4.25 |
| 1967 | 4.28 |
| 1968 | 4.30 |
| 1969 | 4.30 |
| 1970 | 4.29 |
| 1971 | 4.34 |
| 1972 | 4.38 |
| 1973 | 4.40 |
| 1974 | 4.41 |
| 1975 | 4.42 |
| 1976 | 4.48 |
| 1977 | 4.52 |
| 1978 | 4.56 |
| 1979 | 4.58 |
| 1980 | 4.60 |
| 1981 | 4.68 |
| 1982 | 4.76 |
| 1983 | 4.82 |
| 1984 | 4.87 |
| 1985 | 4.91 |
| 1986 | 5.00 |
| 1987 | 5.08 |
| 1988 | 5.15 |
| 1989 | 5.21 |
| 1990 | 5.27 |
| 1991 | 5.50 |
| 1992 | 5.74 |
| 1993 | 5.99 |
| 1994 | 6.24 |
| 1995 | 6.49 |
| 1996 | 6.61 |
| 1997 | 6.72 |
| 1998 | 6.81 |
| 1999 | 6.89 |
| 2000 | 6.96 |
| 2001 | 7.04 |
| 2002 | 7.10 |
| 2003 | 7.16 |
| 2004 | 7.22 |
| 2005 | 7.28 |
| 2006 | 7.45 |
| 2007 | 7.62 |
| 2008 | 7.78 |
| 2009 | 7.93 |
| 2010 | 8.07 |
| 2011 | 8.19 |
| 2012 | 8.31 |
| 2013 | 8.41 |
| 2014 | 8.51 |
| 2015 | 8.59 |
| 2016 | 8.67 |
| 2017 | 8.73 |
| 2018 | 8.80 |
| 2019 | 8.89 |
| 2020 | 9.01 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Bhutan was 36.13 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 82.36 in 1987 and a minimum value of 36.13 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 | 75.80 |
| 1961 | 76.27 |
| 1962 | 76.02 |
| 1963 | 75.43 |
| 1964 | 75.03 |
| 1965 | 75.05 |
| 1966 | 75.53 |
| 1967 | 76.22 |
| 1968 | 77.02 |
| 1969 | 77.67 |
| 1970 | 78.04 |
| 1971 | 79.02 |
| 1972 | 79.59 |
| 1973 | 79.86 |
| 1974 | 80.01 |
| 1975 | 80.07 |
| 1976 | 80.72 |
| 1977 | 81.12 |
| 1978 | 81.32 |
| 1979 | 81.31 |
| 1980 | 81.08 |
| 1981 | 81.81 |
| 1982 | 82.22 |
| 1983 | 82.36 |
| 1984 | 82.34 |
| 1985 | 82.22 |
| 1986 | 82.36 |
| 1987 | 82.36 |
| 1988 | 82.20 |
| 1989 | 81.73 |
| 1990 | 80.84 |
| 1991 | 80.89 |
| 1992 | 80.74 |
| 1993 | 80.40 |
| 1994 | 80.00 |
| 1995 | 79.69 |
| 1996 | 78.36 |
| 1997 | 76.75 |
| 1998 | 74.95 |
| 1999 | 72.95 |
| 2000 | 70.75 |
| 2001 | 68.34 |
| 2002 | 65.78 |
| 2003 | 63.15 |
| 2004 | 60.53 |
| 2005 | 57.97 |
| 2006 | 56.09 |
| 2007 | 54.24 |
| 2008 | 52.43 |
| 2009 | 50.67 |
| 2010 | 48.95 |
| 2011 | 47.15 |
| 2012 | 45.41 |
| 2013 | 43.76 |
| 2014 | 42.26 |
| 2015 | 40.94 |
| 2016 | 39.67 |
| 2017 | 38.64 |
| 2018 | 37.77 |
| 2019 | 36.96 |
| 2020 | 36.13 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
