Dem. Rep. Congo - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 95.37 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 97.66 in 2014 and 85.99 in 1965.

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 86.22
1961 86.62
1962 86.64
1963 86.44
1964 86.19
1965 85.99
1966 86.64
1967 87.14
1968 87.52
1969 87.74
1970 87.77
1971 88.54
1972 89.03
1973 89.28
1974 89.38
1975 89.36
1976 89.99
1977 90.38
1978 90.58
1979 90.60
1980 90.46
1981 91.04
1982 91.39
1983 91.55
1984 91.57
1985 91.50
1986 92.05
1987 92.33
1988 92.43
1989 92.47
1990 92.56
1991 93.11
1992 93.53
1993 93.85
1994 93.98
1995 93.80
1996 94.32
1997 94.53
1998 94.50
1999 94.33
2000 94.15
2001 94.53
2002 94.79
2003 94.96
2004 95.07
2005 95.10
2006 95.67
2007 96.04
2008 96.29
2009 96.46
2010 96.59
2011 97.10
2012 97.46
2013 97.65
2014 97.66
2015 97.48
2016 97.50
2017 97.25
2018 96.79
2019 96.15
2020 95.37

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 5.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5.97 in 2014 and a minimum value of 5.31 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 5.46
1961 5.46
1962 5.44
1963 5.41
1964 5.36
1965 5.31
1966 5.34
1967 5.35
1968 5.36
1969 5.35
1970 5.34
1971 5.38
1972 5.41
1973 5.43
1974 5.43
1975 5.43
1976 5.47
1977 5.50
1978 5.52
1979 5.52
1980 5.52
1981 5.57
1982 5.60
1983 5.61
1984 5.62
1985 5.61
1986 5.64
1987 5.67
1988 5.68
1989 5.68
1990 5.67
1991 5.70
1992 5.72
1993 5.73
1994 5.74
1995 5.74
1996 5.77
1997 5.78
1998 5.78
1999 5.76
2000 5.73
2001 5.76
2002 5.78
2003 5.79
2004 5.79
2005 5.78
2006 5.82
2007 5.84
2008 5.86
2009 5.87
2010 5.88
2011 5.92
2012 5.94
2013 5.96
2014 5.97
2015 5.96
2016 5.97
2017 5.96
2018 5.94
2019 5.92
2020 5.90

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 89.47 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 91.69 in 2014 and a minimum value of 80.68 in 1965.

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 80.75
1961 81.15
1962 81.20
1963 81.03
1964 80.83
1965 80.68
1966 81.30
1967 81.79
1968 82.16
1969 82.38
1970 82.43
1971 83.16
1972 83.61
1973 83.85
1974 83.94
1975 83.93
1976 84.52
1977 84.88
1978 85.06
1979 85.08
1980 84.94
1981 85.47
1982 85.79
1983 85.93
1984 85.95
1985 85.90
1986 86.41
1987 86.66
1988 86.75
1989 86.79
1990 86.88
1991 87.40
1992 87.81
1993 88.12
1994 88.24
1995 88.06
1996 88.55
1997 88.75
1998 88.72
1999 88.57
2000 88.42
2001 88.77
2002 89.01
2003 89.18
2004 89.28
2005 89.32
2006 89.85
2007 90.20
2008 90.42
2009 90.59
2010 90.71
2011 91.19
2012 91.51
2013 91.68
2014 91.69
2015 91.52
2016 91.53
2017 91.29
2018 90.85
2019 90.23
2020 89.47

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population