China - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in China was 42.21 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 81.35 in 1966 and 36.49 in 2010.
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 | 77.02 |
| 1961 | 77.26 |
| 1962 | 78.43 |
| 1963 | 79.88 |
| 1964 | 80.67 |
| 1965 | 80.51 |
| 1966 | 81.35 |
| 1967 | 81.09 |
| 1968 | 80.23 |
| 1969 | 79.47 |
| 1970 | 79.07 |
| 1971 | 79.34 |
| 1972 | 79.49 |
| 1973 | 79.49 |
| 1974 | 79.15 |
| 1975 | 78.34 |
| 1976 | 76.93 |
| 1977 | 75.21 |
| 1978 | 73.16 |
| 1979 | 70.84 |
| 1980 | 68.38 |
| 1981 | 65.60 |
| 1982 | 63.01 |
| 1983 | 60.58 |
| 1984 | 58.33 |
| 1985 | 56.36 |
| 1986 | 55.11 |
| 1987 | 54.12 |
| 1988 | 53.36 |
| 1989 | 52.71 |
| 1990 | 52.02 |
| 1991 | 52.08 |
| 1992 | 51.50 |
| 1993 | 50.63 |
| 1994 | 49.94 |
| 1995 | 49.60 |
| 1996 | 48.39 |
| 1997 | 48.00 |
| 1998 | 47.91 |
| 1999 | 47.40 |
| 2000 | 46.20 |
| 2001 | 45.25 |
| 2002 | 43.60 |
| 2003 | 41.61 |
| 2004 | 39.84 |
| 2005 | 38.57 |
| 2006 | 37.60 |
| 2007 | 37.01 |
| 2008 | 36.74 |
| 2009 | 36.60 |
| 2010 | 36.49 |
| 2011 | 36.55 |
| 2012 | 36.65 |
| 2013 | 36.83 |
| 2014 | 37.18 |
| 2015 | 37.71 |
| 2016 | 38.50 |
| 2017 | 39.44 |
| 2018 | 40.45 |
| 2019 | 41.40 |
| 2020 | 42.21 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in China was 17.02 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.02 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.18 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 | 6.53 |
| 1961 | 6.58 |
| 1962 | 6.56 |
| 1963 | 6.47 |
| 1964 | 6.35 |
| 1965 | 6.18 |
| 1966 | 6.33 |
| 1967 | 6.46 |
| 1968 | 6.56 |
| 1969 | 6.64 |
| 1970 | 6.71 |
| 1971 | 6.84 |
| 1972 | 6.97 |
| 1973 | 7.08 |
| 1974 | 7.18 |
| 1975 | 7.28 |
| 1976 | 7.43 |
| 1977 | 7.55 |
| 1978 | 7.67 |
| 1979 | 7.78 |
| 1980 | 7.87 |
| 1981 | 7.99 |
| 1982 | 8.10 |
| 1983 | 8.18 |
| 1984 | 8.25 |
| 1985 | 8.30 |
| 1986 | 8.36 |
| 1987 | 8.40 |
| 1988 | 8.44 |
| 1989 | 8.49 |
| 1990 | 8.56 |
| 1991 | 8.66 |
| 1992 | 8.77 |
| 1993 | 8.89 |
| 1994 | 9.02 |
| 1995 | 9.16 |
| 1996 | 9.34 |
| 1997 | 9.52 |
| 1998 | 9.69 |
| 1999 | 9.84 |
| 2000 | 9.96 |
| 2001 | 10.08 |
| 2002 | 10.17 |
| 2003 | 10.24 |
| 2004 | 10.30 |
| 2005 | 10.37 |
| 2006 | 10.47 |
| 2007 | 10.57 |
| 2008 | 10.69 |
| 2009 | 10.84 |
| 2010 | 11.02 |
| 2011 | 11.28 |
| 2012 | 11.55 |
| 2013 | 11.88 |
| 2014 | 12.30 |
| 2015 | 12.85 |
| 2016 | 13.58 |
| 2017 | 14.42 |
| 2018 | 15.34 |
| 2019 | 16.22 |
| 2020 | 17.02 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in China was 25.19 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 75.02 in 1966 and a minimum value of 24.86 in 2015.
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 | 70.50 |
| 1961 | 70.68 |
| 1962 | 71.88 |
| 1963 | 73.40 |
| 1964 | 74.33 |
| 1965 | 74.33 |
| 1966 | 75.02 |
| 1967 | 74.63 |
| 1968 | 73.68 |
| 1969 | 72.83 |
| 1970 | 72.36 |
| 1971 | 72.50 |
| 1972 | 72.52 |
| 1973 | 72.41 |
| 1974 | 71.97 |
| 1975 | 71.05 |
| 1976 | 69.51 |
| 1977 | 67.65 |
| 1978 | 65.49 |
| 1979 | 63.07 |
| 1980 | 60.51 |
| 1981 | 57.61 |
| 1982 | 54.92 |
| 1983 | 52.40 |
| 1984 | 50.08 |
| 1985 | 48.06 |
| 1986 | 46.74 |
| 1987 | 45.71 |
| 1988 | 44.93 |
| 1989 | 44.22 |
| 1990 | 43.46 |
| 1991 | 43.42 |
| 1992 | 42.73 |
| 1993 | 41.74 |
| 1994 | 40.92 |
| 1995 | 40.44 |
| 1996 | 39.05 |
| 1997 | 38.48 |
| 1998 | 38.22 |
| 1999 | 37.56 |
| 2000 | 36.24 |
| 2001 | 35.17 |
| 2002 | 33.43 |
| 2003 | 31.37 |
| 2004 | 29.54 |
| 2005 | 28.20 |
| 2006 | 27.14 |
| 2007 | 26.45 |
| 2008 | 26.06 |
| 2009 | 25.77 |
| 2010 | 25.47 |
| 2011 | 25.28 |
| 2012 | 25.10 |
| 2013 | 24.96 |
| 2014 | 24.88 |
| 2015 | 24.86 |
| 2016 | 24.92 |
| 2017 | 25.01 |
| 2018 | 25.11 |
| 2019 | 25.17 |
| 2020 | 25.19 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
