Guyana - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Guyana was 53.21 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 104.89 in 1965 and 53.00 in 2019.
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 | 99.84 |
| 1961 | 101.69 |
| 1962 | 103.18 |
| 1963 | 104.27 |
| 1964 | 104.87 |
| 1965 | 104.89 |
| 1966 | 104.62 |
| 1967 | 104.21 |
| 1968 | 103.72 |
| 1969 | 103.11 |
| 1970 | 102.36 |
| 1971 | 99.81 |
| 1972 | 97.43 |
| 1973 | 95.42 |
| 1974 | 93.86 |
| 1975 | 92.62 |
| 1976 | 91.17 |
| 1977 | 89.97 |
| 1978 | 88.79 |
| 1979 | 87.40 |
| 1980 | 85.67 |
| 1981 | 83.40 |
| 1982 | 81.45 |
| 1983 | 79.92 |
| 1984 | 78.51 |
| 1985 | 76.82 |
| 1986 | 74.56 |
| 1987 | 71.99 |
| 1988 | 69.58 |
| 1989 | 67.85 |
| 1990 | 66.91 |
| 1991 | 66.31 |
| 1992 | 66.17 |
| 1993 | 66.36 |
| 1994 | 66.55 |
| 1995 | 66.55 |
| 1996 | 66.05 |
| 1997 | 65.45 |
| 1998 | 65.05 |
| 1999 | 65.19 |
| 2000 | 65.93 |
| 2001 | 66.57 |
| 2002 | 67.60 |
| 2003 | 68.68 |
| 2004 | 69.31 |
| 2005 | 69.24 |
| 2006 | 67.22 |
| 2007 | 64.88 |
| 2008 | 62.42 |
| 2009 | 60.17 |
| 2010 | 58.31 |
| 2011 | 57.05 |
| 2012 | 56.04 |
| 2013 | 55.25 |
| 2014 | 54.59 |
| 2015 | 54.02 |
| 2016 | 53.69 |
| 2017 | 53.33 |
| 2018 | 53.06 |
| 2019 | 53.00 |
| 2020 | 53.21 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Guyana was 10.72 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.72 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.45 in 1995.
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 | 6.81 |
| 1961 | 6.87 |
| 1962 | 6.94 |
| 1963 | 7.02 |
| 1964 | 7.08 |
| 1965 | 7.10 |
| 1966 | 7.07 |
| 1967 | 7.05 |
| 1968 | 7.06 |
| 1969 | 7.09 |
| 1970 | 7.09 |
| 1971 | 7.03 |
| 1972 | 6.97 |
| 1973 | 6.95 |
| 1974 | 6.97 |
| 1975 | 6.98 |
| 1976 | 6.95 |
| 1977 | 6.92 |
| 1978 | 6.92 |
| 1979 | 6.96 |
| 1980 | 6.98 |
| 1981 | 6.91 |
| 1982 | 6.89 |
| 1983 | 7.00 |
| 1984 | 7.16 |
| 1985 | 7.24 |
| 1986 | 6.97 |
| 1987 | 6.67 |
| 1988 | 6.49 |
| 1989 | 6.47 |
| 1990 | 6.57 |
| 1991 | 6.61 |
| 1992 | 6.61 |
| 1993 | 6.57 |
| 1994 | 6.52 |
| 1995 | 6.45 |
| 1996 | 6.52 |
| 1997 | 6.57 |
| 1998 | 6.62 |
| 1999 | 6.68 |
| 2000 | 6.76 |
| 2001 | 7.00 |
| 2002 | 7.28 |
| 2003 | 7.54 |
| 2004 | 7.74 |
| 2005 | 7.82 |
| 2006 | 7.74 |
| 2007 | 7.59 |
| 2008 | 7.43 |
| 2009 | 7.33 |
| 2010 | 7.31 |
| 2011 | 7.54 |
| 2012 | 7.83 |
| 2013 | 8.16 |
| 2014 | 8.50 |
| 2015 | 8.85 |
| 2016 | 9.18 |
| 2017 | 9.52 |
| 2018 | 9.87 |
| 2019 | 10.27 |
| 2020 | 10.72 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Guyana was 42.49 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 97.79 in 1965 and a minimum value of 42.49 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 | 93.04 |
| 1961 | 94.81 |
| 1962 | 96.23 |
| 1963 | 97.25 |
| 1964 | 97.79 |
| 1965 | 97.79 |
| 1966 | 97.54 |
| 1967 | 97.17 |
| 1968 | 96.66 |
| 1969 | 96.02 |
| 1970 | 95.27 |
| 1971 | 92.77 |
| 1972 | 90.46 |
| 1973 | 88.47 |
| 1974 | 86.89 |
| 1975 | 85.64 |
| 1976 | 84.22 |
| 1977 | 83.05 |
| 1978 | 81.87 |
| 1979 | 80.44 |
| 1980 | 78.70 |
| 1981 | 76.49 |
| 1982 | 74.55 |
| 1983 | 72.92 |
| 1984 | 71.35 |
| 1985 | 69.58 |
| 1986 | 67.59 |
| 1987 | 65.32 |
| 1988 | 63.10 |
| 1989 | 61.37 |
| 1990 | 60.34 |
| 1991 | 59.70 |
| 1992 | 59.56 |
| 1993 | 59.78 |
| 1994 | 60.03 |
| 1995 | 60.09 |
| 1996 | 59.53 |
| 1997 | 58.88 |
| 1998 | 58.43 |
| 1999 | 58.51 |
| 2000 | 59.16 |
| 2001 | 59.57 |
| 2002 | 60.32 |
| 2003 | 61.13 |
| 2004 | 61.57 |
| 2005 | 61.42 |
| 2006 | 59.48 |
| 2007 | 57.29 |
| 2008 | 54.99 |
| 2009 | 52.84 |
| 2010 | 51.00 |
| 2011 | 49.51 |
| 2012 | 48.21 |
| 2013 | 47.09 |
| 2014 | 46.09 |
| 2015 | 45.18 |
| 2016 | 44.51 |
| 2017 | 43.82 |
| 2018 | 43.18 |
| 2019 | 42.73 |
| 2020 | 42.49 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
