IDA total - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in IDA total was 73.79 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 92.32 in 1983 and 73.79 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 83.31
1961 84.39
1962 85.27
1963 85.99
1964 86.55
1965 86.95
1966 88.00
1967 88.78
1968 89.32
1969 89.67
1970 89.82
1971 90.48
1972 90.93
1973 91.18
1974 91.29
1975 91.27
1976 91.73
1977 91.94
1978 91.99
1979 91.92
1980 91.76
1981 92.14
1982 92.31
1983 92.32
1984 92.19
1985 91.96
1986 92.22
1987 92.25
1988 92.11
1989 91.81
1990 91.38
1991 91.27
1992 90.98
1993 90.52
1994 89.91
1995 89.18
1996 88.85
1997 88.34
1998 87.70
1999 86.95
2000 86.13
2001 85.68
2002 85.11
2003 84.47
2004 83.79
2005 83.10
2006 82.68
2007 82.22
2008 81.70
2009 81.12
2010 80.47
2011 79.96
2012 79.37
2013 78.72
2014 78.02
2015 77.28
2016 76.68
2017 76.01
2018 75.31
2019 74.56
2020 73.79

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in IDA total was 6.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.20 in 1997 and a minimum value of 5.85 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 5.85
1961 5.89
1962 5.91
1963 5.91
1964 5.89
1965 5.87
1966 5.93
1967 5.97
1968 5.99
1969 5.99
1970 5.98
1971 6.04
1972 6.08
1973 6.10
1974 6.11
1975 6.10
1976 6.14
1977 6.17
1978 6.17
1979 6.16
1980 6.14
1981 6.17
1982 6.17
1983 6.16
1984 6.13
1985 6.10
1986 6.13
1987 6.14
1988 6.15
1989 6.14
1990 6.12
1991 6.16
1992 6.18
1993 6.18
1994 6.18
1995 6.17
1996 6.19
1997 6.20
1998 6.19
1999 6.18
2000 6.15
2001 6.17
2002 6.16
2003 6.15
2004 6.13
2005 6.10
2006 6.12
2007 6.13
2008 6.13
2009 6.12
2010 6.10
2011 6.12
2012 6.12
2013 6.12
2014 6.11
2015 6.09
2016 6.12
2017 6.13
2018 6.15
2019 6.17
2020 6.20

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in IDA total was 66.10 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 85.87 in 1983 and a minimum value of 66.10 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 77.22
1961 78.25
1962 79.10
1963 79.79
1964 80.35
1965 80.77
1966 81.76
1967 82.51
1968 83.05
1969 83.40
1970 83.57
1971 84.19
1972 84.61
1973 84.85
1974 84.95
1975 84.94
1976 85.35
1977 85.54
1978 85.57
1979 85.49
1980 85.35
1981 85.69
1982 85.85
1983 85.87
1984 85.76
1985 85.55
1986 85.76
1987 85.77
1988 85.60
1989 85.30
1990 84.86
1991 84.70
1992 84.37
1993 83.87
1994 83.24
1995 82.48
1996 82.07
1997 81.51
1998 80.83
1999 80.05
2000 79.21
2001 78.70
2002 78.08
2003 77.40
2004 76.69
2005 75.97
2006 75.47
2007 74.93
2008 74.35
2009 73.72
2010 73.05
2011 72.47
2012 71.83
2013 71.14
2014 70.42
2015 69.68
2016 69.03
2017 68.34
2018 67.62
2019 66.87
2020 66.10

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population