Eswatini - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Eswatini was 70.81 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 114.15 in 1984 and 70.81 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 95.28
1961 96.69
1962 97.85
1963 98.80
1964 99.57
1965 100.22
1966 100.59
1967 100.73
1968 100.74
1969 100.74
1970 100.80
1971 102.10
1972 103.41
1973 104.68
1974 105.82
1975 106.81
1976 108.23
1977 109.28
1978 110.10
1979 110.85
1980 111.64
1981 112.32
1982 113.17
1983 113.91
1984 114.15
1985 113.73
1986 112.94
1987 111.29
1988 109.15
1989 106.96
1990 104.85
1991 102.82
1992 101.25
1993 99.79
1994 97.96
1995 95.60
1996 94.08
1997 91.89
1998 89.34
1999 86.86
2000 84.64
2001 83.26
2002 82.37
2003 81.76
2004 81.20
2005 80.57
2006 79.94
2007 79.38
2008 78.89
2009 78.48
2010 78.11
2011 77.79
2012 77.22
2013 76.56
2014 76.00
2015 75.59
2016 74.32
2017 73.47
2018 72.79
2019 71.96
2020 70.81

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Eswatini was 6.85 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.95 in 2016 and a minimum value of 5.02 in 1993.

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 5.80
1961 5.89
1962 5.96
1963 6.01
1964 6.03
1965 6.05
1966 6.07
1967 6.05
1968 6.02
1969 5.96
1970 5.89
1971 5.92
1972 5.93
1973 5.93
1974 5.90
1975 5.86
1976 5.85
1977 5.82
1978 5.78
1979 5.72
1980 5.66
1981 5.63
1982 5.58
1983 5.53
1984 5.45
1985 5.37
1986 5.31
1987 5.24
1988 5.17
1989 5.10
1990 5.03
1991 5.03
1992 5.02
1993 5.02
1994 5.02
1995 5.03
1996 5.07
1997 5.11
1998 5.15
1999 5.19
2000 5.23
2001 5.37
2002 5.51
2003 5.66
2004 5.81
2005 5.94
2006 6.08
2007 6.20
2008 6.32
2009 6.43
2010 6.53
2011 6.65
2012 6.75
2013 6.84
2014 6.90
2015 6.94
2016 6.95
2017 6.95
2018 6.94
2019 6.90
2020 6.85

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Eswatini was 63.96 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 108.70 in 1984 and a minimum value of 63.96 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 89.48
1961 90.79
1962 91.89
1963 92.79
1964 93.53
1965 94.16
1966 94.52
1967 94.68
1968 94.73
1969 94.78
1970 94.92
1971 96.18
1972 97.48
1973 98.75
1974 99.92
1975 100.95
1976 102.38
1977 103.46
1978 104.32
1979 105.13
1980 105.98
1981 106.69
1982 107.59
1983 108.38
1984 108.70
1985 108.36
1986 107.63
1987 106.05
1988 103.98
1989 101.86
1990 99.82
1991 97.79
1992 96.23
1993 94.77
1994 92.94
1995 90.57
1996 89.01
1997 86.78
1998 84.19
1999 81.68
2000 79.41
2001 77.89
2002 76.85
2003 76.10
2004 75.39
2005 74.63
2006 73.86
2007 73.18
2008 72.57
2009 72.05
2010 71.58
2011 71.15
2012 70.47
2013 69.72
2014 69.09
2015 68.65
2016 67.37
2017 66.52
2018 65.86
2019 65.05
2020 63.96

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population