Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 83.43 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 96.31 in 1988 and 83.43 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 85.82
1961 86.68
1962 87.29
1963 87.71
1964 87.96
1965 88.07
1966 89.00
1967 89.63
1968 90.02
1969 90.25
1970 90.34
1971 91.14
1972 91.70
1973 92.05
1974 92.24
1975 92.28
1976 92.93
1977 93.39
1978 93.71
1979 93.90
1980 93.96
1981 94.69
1982 95.14
1983 95.38
1984 95.45
1985 95.41
1986 95.94
1987 96.22
1988 96.31
1989 96.24
1990 96.03
1991 96.13
1992 96.03
1993 95.77
1994 95.38
1995 94.86
1996 95.04
1997 95.02
1998 94.85
1999 94.57
2000 94.21
2001 94.21
2002 94.05
2003 93.77
2004 93.42
2005 92.99
2006 92.93
2007 92.74
2008 92.42
2009 91.98
2010 91.43
2011 90.96
2012 90.34
2013 89.60
2014 88.78
2015 87.91
2016 87.15
2017 86.31
2018 85.41
2019 84.44
2020 83.43

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 5.61 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5.96 in 1991 and a minimum value of 5.47 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 5.47
1961 5.50
1962 5.52
1963 5.51
1964 5.50
1965 5.47
1966 5.53
1967 5.57
1968 5.59
1969 5.60
1970 5.59
1971 5.65
1972 5.69
1973 5.72
1974 5.72
1975 5.71
1976 5.77
1977 5.82
1978 5.85
1979 5.87
1980 5.87
1981 5.91
1982 5.92
1983 5.92
1984 5.90
1985 5.87
1986 5.92
1987 5.95
1988 5.96
1989 5.96
1990 5.95
1991 5.96
1992 5.96
1993 5.95
1994 5.92
1995 5.90
1996 5.91
1997 5.91
1998 5.89
1999 5.86
2000 5.82
2001 5.81
2002 5.77
2003 5.73
2004 5.68
2005 5.63
2006 5.64
2007 5.64
2008 5.63
2009 5.61
2010 5.59
2011 5.59
2012 5.59
2013 5.58
2014 5.57
2015 5.56
2016 5.57
2017 5.59
2018 5.60
2019 5.60
2020 5.61

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 77.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 90.22 in 1988 and a minimum value of 77.20 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 80.13
1961 80.95
1962 81.55
1963 81.97
1964 82.23
1965 82.37
1966 83.25
1967 83.85
1968 84.23
1969 84.45
1970 84.55
1971 85.31
1972 85.84
1973 86.17
1974 86.36
1975 86.42
1976 87.02
1977 87.44
1978 87.73
1979 87.90
1980 87.97
1981 88.66
1982 89.11
1983 89.35
1984 89.45
1985 89.42
1986 89.91
1987 90.16
1988 90.22
1989 90.14
1990 89.94
1991 90.02
1992 89.91
1993 89.65
1994 89.26
1995 88.75
1996 88.90
1997 88.87
1998 88.69
1999 88.43
2000 88.10
2001 88.09
2002 87.94
2003 87.68
2004 87.36
2005 86.96
2006 86.87
2007 86.65
2008 86.31
2009 85.87
2010 85.33
2011 84.83
2012 84.20
2013 83.46
2014 82.64
2015 81.76
2016 80.97
2017 80.11
2018 79.19
2019 78.22
2020 77.20

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population