Cameroon - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Cameroon was 81.09 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 99.70 in 1992 and 77.86 in 1960.
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 | 77.86 |
| 1961 | 78.72 |
| 1962 | 79.51 |
| 1963 | 80.22 |
| 1964 | 80.80 |
| 1965 | 81.22 |
| 1966 | 82.37 |
| 1967 | 83.22 |
| 1968 | 83.87 |
| 1969 | 84.46 |
| 1970 | 85.02 |
| 1971 | 86.21 |
| 1972 | 87.24 |
| 1973 | 88.16 |
| 1974 | 88.94 |
| 1975 | 89.60 |
| 1976 | 90.73 |
| 1977 | 91.64 |
| 1978 | 92.39 |
| 1979 | 93.03 |
| 1980 | 93.60 |
| 1981 | 94.67 |
| 1982 | 95.60 |
| 1983 | 96.39 |
| 1984 | 97.02 |
| 1985 | 97.48 |
| 1986 | 98.39 |
| 1987 | 98.99 |
| 1988 | 99.33 |
| 1989 | 99.46 |
| 1990 | 99.39 |
| 1991 | 99.68 |
| 1992 | 99.70 |
| 1993 | 99.44 |
| 1994 | 98.89 |
| 1995 | 98.06 |
| 1996 | 97.54 |
| 1997 | 96.71 |
| 1998 | 95.65 |
| 1999 | 94.45 |
| 2000 | 93.22 |
| 2001 | 92.53 |
| 2002 | 91.79 |
| 2003 | 91.02 |
| 2004 | 90.20 |
| 2005 | 89.36 |
| 2006 | 89.05 |
| 2007 | 88.60 |
| 2008 | 88.07 |
| 2009 | 87.55 |
| 2010 | 87.04 |
| 2011 | 86.81 |
| 2012 | 86.51 |
| 2013 | 86.13 |
| 2014 | 85.63 |
| 2015 | 85.00 |
| 2016 | 84.49 |
| 2017 | 83.82 |
| 2018 | 83.02 |
| 2019 | 82.10 |
| 2020 | 81.09 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Cameroon was 4.92 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.21 in 1973 and a minimum value of 4.92 in 2020.
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 | 6.85 |
| 1961 | 6.93 |
| 1962 | 6.99 |
| 1963 | 7.03 |
| 1964 | 7.05 |
| 1965 | 7.05 |
| 1966 | 7.11 |
| 1967 | 7.15 |
| 1968 | 7.16 |
| 1969 | 7.16 |
| 1970 | 7.14 |
| 1971 | 7.19 |
| 1972 | 7.21 |
| 1973 | 7.21 |
| 1974 | 7.20 |
| 1975 | 7.17 |
| 1976 | 7.19 |
| 1977 | 7.19 |
| 1978 | 7.18 |
| 1979 | 7.14 |
| 1980 | 7.09 |
| 1981 | 7.10 |
| 1982 | 7.09 |
| 1983 | 7.06 |
| 1984 | 7.02 |
| 1985 | 6.96 |
| 1986 | 6.96 |
| 1987 | 6.93 |
| 1988 | 6.89 |
| 1989 | 6.84 |
| 1990 | 6.78 |
| 1991 | 6.75 |
| 1992 | 6.71 |
| 1993 | 6.65 |
| 1994 | 6.58 |
| 1995 | 6.49 |
| 1996 | 6.45 |
| 1997 | 6.38 |
| 1998 | 6.30 |
| 1999 | 6.20 |
| 2000 | 6.10 |
| 2001 | 6.05 |
| 2002 | 5.99 |
| 2003 | 5.91 |
| 2004 | 5.81 |
| 2005 | 5.70 |
| 2006 | 5.65 |
| 2007 | 5.58 |
| 2008 | 5.50 |
| 2009 | 5.41 |
| 2010 | 5.32 |
| 2011 | 5.28 |
| 2012 | 5.23 |
| 2013 | 5.18 |
| 2014 | 5.11 |
| 2015 | 5.05 |
| 2016 | 5.04 |
| 2017 | 5.02 |
| 2018 | 4.99 |
| 2019 | 4.96 |
| 2020 | 4.92 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Cameroon was 76.18 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 92.99 in 1992 and a minimum value of 71.01 in 1960.
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 | 71.01 |
| 1961 | 71.79 |
| 1962 | 72.52 |
| 1963 | 73.19 |
| 1964 | 73.75 |
| 1965 | 74.18 |
| 1966 | 75.26 |
| 1967 | 76.07 |
| 1968 | 76.71 |
| 1969 | 77.30 |
| 1970 | 77.88 |
| 1971 | 79.02 |
| 1972 | 80.03 |
| 1973 | 80.94 |
| 1974 | 81.74 |
| 1975 | 82.43 |
| 1976 | 83.53 |
| 1977 | 84.44 |
| 1978 | 85.21 |
| 1979 | 85.88 |
| 1980 | 86.50 |
| 1981 | 87.57 |
| 1982 | 88.51 |
| 1983 | 89.33 |
| 1984 | 90.00 |
| 1985 | 90.51 |
| 1986 | 91.43 |
| 1987 | 92.05 |
| 1988 | 92.43 |
| 1989 | 92.62 |
| 1990 | 92.62 |
| 1991 | 92.93 |
| 1992 | 92.99 |
| 1993 | 92.79 |
| 1994 | 92.31 |
| 1995 | 91.57 |
| 1996 | 91.09 |
| 1997 | 90.32 |
| 1998 | 89.35 |
| 1999 | 88.25 |
| 2000 | 87.12 |
| 2001 | 86.48 |
| 2002 | 85.80 |
| 2003 | 85.11 |
| 2004 | 84.39 |
| 2005 | 83.66 |
| 2006 | 83.40 |
| 2007 | 83.02 |
| 2008 | 82.58 |
| 2009 | 82.13 |
| 2010 | 81.72 |
| 2011 | 81.53 |
| 2012 | 81.28 |
| 2013 | 80.96 |
| 2014 | 80.52 |
| 2015 | 79.95 |
| 2016 | 79.45 |
| 2017 | 78.80 |
| 2018 | 78.02 |
| 2019 | 77.14 |
| 2020 | 76.18 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
