Jordan - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Jordan was 58.25 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 109.04 in 1980 and 58.25 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 | 91.58 |
| 1961 | 92.46 |
| 1962 | 93.06 |
| 1963 | 93.57 |
| 1964 | 94.26 |
| 1965 | 95.33 |
| 1966 | 96.63 |
| 1967 | 97.33 |
| 1968 | 97.65 |
| 1969 | 97.61 |
| 1970 | 97.10 |
| 1971 | 98.63 |
| 1972 | 99.99 |
| 1973 | 101.02 |
| 1974 | 101.53 |
| 1975 | 101.50 |
| 1976 | 105.03 |
| 1977 | 107.19 |
| 1978 | 108.27 |
| 1979 | 108.77 |
| 1980 | 109.04 |
| 1981 | 107.59 |
| 1982 | 106.53 |
| 1983 | 105.53 |
| 1984 | 104.24 |
| 1985 | 102.66 |
| 1986 | 101.60 |
| 1987 | 100.06 |
| 1988 | 98.41 |
| 1989 | 97.03 |
| 1990 | 95.95 |
| 1991 | 91.34 |
| 1992 | 87.58 |
| 1993 | 84.26 |
| 1994 | 81.00 |
| 1995 | 77.69 |
| 1996 | 77.42 |
| 1997 | 76.79 |
| 1998 | 75.95 |
| 1999 | 75.13 |
| 2000 | 74.43 |
| 2001 | 73.67 |
| 2002 | 72.96 |
| 2003 | 72.29 |
| 2004 | 71.67 |
| 2005 | 71.21 |
| 2006 | 70.95 |
| 2007 | 70.63 |
| 2008 | 70.33 |
| 2009 | 70.06 |
| 2010 | 69.80 |
| 2011 | 69.38 |
| 2012 | 68.81 |
| 2013 | 68.09 |
| 2014 | 67.16 |
| 2015 | 65.93 |
| 2016 | 64.59 |
| 2017 | 63.12 |
| 2018 | 61.53 |
| 2019 | 59.89 |
| 2020 | 58.25 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Jordan was 6.26 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.17 in 1960 and a minimum value of 5.19 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.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 8.17 |
| 1961 | 8.00 |
| 1962 | 7.81 |
| 1963 | 7.62 |
| 1964 | 7.43 |
| 1965 | 7.26 |
| 1966 | 7.01 |
| 1967 | 6.79 |
| 1968 | 6.62 |
| 1969 | 6.49 |
| 1970 | 6.40 |
| 1971 | 6.37 |
| 1972 | 6.33 |
| 1973 | 6.27 |
| 1974 | 6.20 |
| 1975 | 6.12 |
| 1976 | 6.30 |
| 1977 | 6.45 |
| 1978 | 6.56 |
| 1979 | 6.62 |
| 1980 | 6.66 |
| 1981 | 6.78 |
| 1982 | 6.90 |
| 1983 | 6.99 |
| 1984 | 7.07 |
| 1985 | 7.15 |
| 1986 | 6.93 |
| 1987 | 6.74 |
| 1988 | 6.57 |
| 1989 | 6.41 |
| 1990 | 6.26 |
| 1991 | 5.96 |
| 1992 | 5.69 |
| 1993 | 5.48 |
| 1994 | 5.31 |
| 1995 | 5.19 |
| 1996 | 5.22 |
| 1997 | 5.25 |
| 1998 | 5.27 |
| 1999 | 5.30 |
| 2000 | 5.33 |
| 2001 | 5.41 |
| 2002 | 5.49 |
| 2003 | 5.57 |
| 2004 | 5.65 |
| 2005 | 5.73 |
| 2006 | 5.82 |
| 2007 | 5.90 |
| 2008 | 5.99 |
| 2009 | 6.08 |
| 2010 | 6.16 |
| 2011 | 6.17 |
| 2012 | 6.17 |
| 2013 | 6.18 |
| 2014 | 6.20 |
| 2015 | 6.23 |
| 2016 | 6.22 |
| 2017 | 6.22 |
| 2018 | 6.21 |
| 2019 | 6.23 |
| 2020 | 6.26 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Jordan was 51.99 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 102.39 in 1980 and a minimum value of 51.99 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 | 83.41 |
| 1961 | 84.46 |
| 1962 | 85.26 |
| 1963 | 85.96 |
| 1964 | 86.82 |
| 1965 | 88.07 |
| 1966 | 89.63 |
| 1967 | 90.54 |
| 1968 | 91.02 |
| 1969 | 91.11 |
| 1970 | 90.69 |
| 1971 | 92.26 |
| 1972 | 93.66 |
| 1973 | 94.75 |
| 1974 | 95.34 |
| 1975 | 95.39 |
| 1976 | 98.73 |
| 1977 | 100.74 |
| 1978 | 101.71 |
| 1979 | 102.14 |
| 1980 | 102.39 |
| 1981 | 100.81 |
| 1982 | 99.63 |
| 1983 | 98.54 |
| 1984 | 97.16 |
| 1985 | 95.51 |
| 1986 | 94.67 |
| 1987 | 93.32 |
| 1988 | 91.85 |
| 1989 | 90.62 |
| 1990 | 89.68 |
| 1991 | 85.39 |
| 1992 | 81.89 |
| 1993 | 78.78 |
| 1994 | 75.69 |
| 1995 | 72.50 |
| 1996 | 72.19 |
| 1997 | 71.54 |
| 1998 | 70.68 |
| 1999 | 69.84 |
| 2000 | 69.10 |
| 2001 | 68.26 |
| 2002 | 67.47 |
| 2003 | 66.72 |
| 2004 | 66.02 |
| 2005 | 65.48 |
| 2006 | 65.13 |
| 2007 | 64.73 |
| 2008 | 64.34 |
| 2009 | 63.98 |
| 2010 | 63.64 |
| 2011 | 63.21 |
| 2012 | 62.63 |
| 2013 | 61.90 |
| 2014 | 60.96 |
| 2015 | 59.69 |
| 2016 | 58.37 |
| 2017 | 56.91 |
| 2018 | 55.32 |
| 2019 | 53.66 |
| 2020 | 51.99 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
