India - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in India was 48.66 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 81.52 in 1966 and 48.66 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 | 77.00 |
| 1961 | 78.01 |
| 1962 | 79.19 |
| 1963 | 80.30 |
| 1964 | 81.00 |
| 1965 | 81.12 |
| 1966 | 81.52 |
| 1967 | 81.31 |
| 1968 | 80.68 |
| 1969 | 79.95 |
| 1970 | 79.27 |
| 1971 | 79.03 |
| 1972 | 78.72 |
| 1973 | 78.34 |
| 1974 | 77.83 |
| 1975 | 77.17 |
| 1976 | 77.00 |
| 1977 | 76.61 |
| 1978 | 76.09 |
| 1979 | 75.53 |
| 1980 | 75.00 |
| 1981 | 74.88 |
| 1982 | 74.74 |
| 1983 | 74.55 |
| 1984 | 74.24 |
| 1985 | 73.79 |
| 1986 | 73.75 |
| 1987 | 73.45 |
| 1988 | 72.95 |
| 1989 | 72.37 |
| 1990 | 71.73 |
| 1991 | 71.31 |
| 1992 | 70.80 |
| 1993 | 70.20 |
| 1994 | 69.46 |
| 1995 | 68.59 |
| 1996 | 67.88 |
| 1997 | 67.06 |
| 1998 | 66.15 |
| 1999 | 65.18 |
| 2000 | 64.18 |
| 2001 | 63.43 |
| 2002 | 62.60 |
| 2003 | 61.73 |
| 2004 | 60.84 |
| 2005 | 59.94 |
| 2006 | 59.21 |
| 2007 | 58.47 |
| 2008 | 57.71 |
| 2009 | 56.88 |
| 2010 | 55.99 |
| 2011 | 55.21 |
| 2012 | 54.31 |
| 2013 | 53.35 |
| 2014 | 52.45 |
| 2015 | 51.64 |
| 2016 | 50.89 |
| 2017 | 50.29 |
| 2018 | 49.78 |
| 2019 | 49.25 |
| 2020 | 48.66 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in India was 9.77 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.77 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.39 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 | 5.39 |
| 1961 | 5.52 |
| 1962 | 5.64 |
| 1963 | 5.75 |
| 1964 | 5.82 |
| 1965 | 5.83 |
| 1966 | 5.91 |
| 1967 | 5.94 |
| 1968 | 5.94 |
| 1969 | 5.93 |
| 1970 | 5.92 |
| 1971 | 6.00 |
| 1972 | 6.07 |
| 1973 | 6.12 |
| 1974 | 6.15 |
| 1975 | 6.16 |
| 1976 | 6.23 |
| 1977 | 6.28 |
| 1978 | 6.30 |
| 1979 | 6.31 |
| 1980 | 6.32 |
| 1981 | 6.37 |
| 1982 | 6.41 |
| 1983 | 6.44 |
| 1984 | 6.45 |
| 1985 | 6.44 |
| 1986 | 6.49 |
| 1987 | 6.52 |
| 1988 | 6.54 |
| 1989 | 6.54 |
| 1990 | 6.53 |
| 1991 | 6.61 |
| 1992 | 6.68 |
| 1993 | 6.73 |
| 1994 | 6.77 |
| 1995 | 6.80 |
| 1996 | 6.90 |
| 1997 | 6.98 |
| 1998 | 7.05 |
| 1999 | 7.11 |
| 2000 | 7.17 |
| 2001 | 7.27 |
| 2002 | 7.37 |
| 2003 | 7.45 |
| 2004 | 7.52 |
| 2005 | 7.58 |
| 2006 | 7.67 |
| 2007 | 7.74 |
| 2008 | 7.81 |
| 2009 | 7.87 |
| 2010 | 7.93 |
| 2011 | 8.03 |
| 2012 | 8.13 |
| 2013 | 8.23 |
| 2014 | 8.35 |
| 2015 | 8.51 |
| 2016 | 8.74 |
| 2017 | 8.99 |
| 2018 | 9.26 |
| 2019 | 9.52 |
| 2020 | 9.77 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in India was 38.89 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 75.61 in 1966 and a minimum value of 38.89 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 | 71.61 |
| 1961 | 72.49 |
| 1962 | 73.54 |
| 1963 | 74.55 |
| 1964 | 75.18 |
| 1965 | 75.29 |
| 1966 | 75.61 |
| 1967 | 75.36 |
| 1968 | 74.74 |
| 1969 | 74.02 |
| 1970 | 73.35 |
| 1971 | 73.03 |
| 1972 | 72.65 |
| 1973 | 72.22 |
| 1974 | 71.67 |
| 1975 | 71.01 |
| 1976 | 70.77 |
| 1977 | 70.34 |
| 1978 | 69.79 |
| 1979 | 69.22 |
| 1980 | 68.68 |
| 1981 | 68.51 |
| 1982 | 68.33 |
| 1983 | 68.12 |
| 1984 | 67.80 |
| 1985 | 67.35 |
| 1986 | 67.26 |
| 1987 | 66.92 |
| 1988 | 66.42 |
| 1989 | 65.83 |
| 1990 | 65.20 |
| 1991 | 64.70 |
| 1992 | 64.12 |
| 1993 | 63.47 |
| 1994 | 62.69 |
| 1995 | 61.79 |
| 1996 | 60.99 |
| 1997 | 60.09 |
| 1998 | 59.10 |
| 1999 | 58.07 |
| 2000 | 57.01 |
| 2001 | 56.15 |
| 2002 | 55.23 |
| 2003 | 54.28 |
| 2004 | 53.32 |
| 2005 | 52.36 |
| 2006 | 51.55 |
| 2007 | 50.73 |
| 2008 | 49.89 |
| 2009 | 49.01 |
| 2010 | 48.06 |
| 2011 | 47.18 |
| 2012 | 46.18 |
| 2013 | 45.13 |
| 2014 | 44.10 |
| 2015 | 43.13 |
| 2016 | 42.15 |
| 2017 | 41.30 |
| 2018 | 40.52 |
| 2019 | 39.73 |
| 2020 | 38.89 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
