Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) - Country Ranking - Central America & the Caribbean
Definition: Female population 65 years of age or older as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 23.27 | 2020 |
| 2 | Barbados | 18.03 | 2020 |
| 3 | Cuba | 17.19 | 2020 |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.52 | 2020 |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 10.99 | 2020 |
| 6 | Grenada | 10.74 | 2020 |
| 7 | St. Lucia | 10.41 | 2020 |
| 8 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.23 | 2020 |
| 9 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.71 | 2020 |
| 10 | El Salvador | 9.52 | 2020 |
| 11 | Jamaica | 9.28 | 2020 |
| 12 | Panama | 9.17 | 2020 |
| 13 | The Bahamas | 8.51 | 2020 |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 8.03 | 2020 |
| 15 | Nicaragua | 6.43 | 2020 |
| 16 | Haiti | 5.68 | 2020 |
| 17 | Guatemala | 5.52 | 2020 |
| 18 | Honduras | 5.48 | 2020 |
| 19 | Belize | 4.91 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.
