Fragile and conflict affected situations - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 79.35 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 92.04 in 1987 and 79.35 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 83.27
1961 84.23
1962 85.06
1963 85.75
1964 86.22
1965 86.45
1966 87.37
1967 87.92
1968 88.19
1969 88.31
1970 88.34
1971 89.01
1972 89.48
1973 89.79
1974 89.94
1975 89.97
1976 90.41
1977 90.69
1978 90.82
1979 90.84
1980 90.74
1981 91.32
1982 91.66
1983 91.80
1984 91.77
1985 91.61
1986 91.95
1987 92.04
1988 91.95
1989 91.73
1990 91.48
1991 91.32
1992 91.01
1993 90.57
1994 90.02
1995 89.33
1996 89.16
1997 88.83
1998 88.36
1999 87.81
2000 87.23
2001 87.10
2002 86.86
2003 86.55
2004 86.20
2005 85.81
2006 85.81
2007 85.70
2008 85.49
2009 85.20
2010 84.82
2011 84.50
2012 84.07
2013 83.56
2014 82.97
2015 82.30
2016 81.91
2017 81.39
2018 80.77
2019 80.08
2020 79.35

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 6.25 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.25 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.62 in 1960.

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 5.62
1961 5.68
1962 5.72
1963 5.74
1964 5.74
1965 5.72
1966 5.79
1967 5.83
1968 5.86
1969 5.86
1970 5.85
1971 5.91
1972 5.95
1973 5.97
1974 5.97
1975 5.96
1976 6.01
1977 6.05
1978 6.07
1979 6.07
1980 6.07
1981 6.11
1982 6.13
1983 6.13
1984 6.11
1985 6.09
1986 6.13
1987 6.16
1988 6.17
1989 6.16
1990 6.14
1991 6.16
1992 6.17
1993 6.17
1994 6.16
1995 6.15
1996 6.16
1997 6.16
1998 6.15
1999 6.12
2000 6.08
2001 6.09
2002 6.09
2003 6.07
2004 6.05
2005 6.01
2006 6.03
2007 6.04
2008 6.04
2009 6.03
2010 6.02
2011 6.03
2012 6.03
2013 6.03
2014 6.03
2015 6.03
2016 6.08
2017 6.13
2018 6.17
2019 6.21
2020 6.25

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 71.76 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 85.24 in 1987 and a minimum value of 71.76 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 77.47
1961 78.36
1962 79.16
1963 79.81
1964 80.27
1965 80.50
1966 81.36
1967 81.87
1968 82.13
1969 82.26
1970 82.30
1971 82.91
1972 83.34
1973 83.61
1974 83.74
1975 83.75
1976 84.12
1977 84.32
1978 84.40
1979 84.37
1980 84.24
1981 84.75
1982 85.04
1983 85.15
1984 85.11
1985 84.95
1986 85.20
1987 85.24
1988 85.11
1989 84.86
1990 84.60
1991 84.39
1992 84.04
1993 83.58
1994 83.00
1995 82.30
1996 82.05
1997 81.66
1998 81.16
1999 80.60
2000 80.02
2001 79.84
2002 79.57
2003 79.25
2004 78.89
2005 78.51
2006 78.44
2007 78.28
2008 78.04
2009 77.72
2010 77.35
2011 76.99
2012 76.55
2013 76.03
2014 75.45
2015 74.79
2016 74.35
2017 73.81
2018 73.17
2019 72.48
2020 71.76

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population