Lao PDR - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Lao PDR was 56.76 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 92.71 in 1993 and 56.76 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 81.01
1961 81.62
1962 82.11
1963 82.44
1964 82.56
1965 82.46
1966 82.89
1967 83.03
1968 82.97
1969 82.86
1970 82.75
1971 83.22
1972 83.62
1973 83.94
1974 84.14
1975 84.14
1976 86.05
1977 87.75
1978 89.27
1979 90.68
1980 92.05
1981 92.37
1982 92.57
1983 92.65
1984 92.61
1985 92.45
1986 92.47
1987 92.35
1988 92.14
1989 91.86
1990 91.54
1991 92.13
1992 92.52
1993 92.71
1994 92.63
1995 92.19
1996 92.29
1997 91.85
1998 90.99
1999 89.82
2000 88.43
2001 86.65
2002 84.85
2003 82.93
2004 80.79
2005 78.47
2006 75.96
2007 73.51
2008 71.17
2009 68.98
2010 66.98
2011 65.29
2012 63.64
2013 62.13
2014 60.86
2015 59.87
2016 59.03
2017 58.41
2018 57.93
2019 57.40
2020 56.76

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Lao PDR was 6.68 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.87 in 1986 and a minimum value of 4.72 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.

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Year Value
1960 4.72
1961 4.85
1962 4.95
1963 5.04
1964 5.11
1965 5.17
1966 5.29
1967 5.39
1968 5.48
1969 5.54
1970 5.58
1971 5.67
1972 5.74
1973 5.79
1974 5.82
1975 5.85
1976 6.05
1977 6.23
1978 6.40
1979 6.56
1980 6.70
1981 6.78
1982 6.83
1983 6.86
1984 6.86
1985 6.85
1986 6.87
1987 6.87
1988 6.84
1989 6.80
1990 6.76
1991 6.80
1992 6.82
1993 6.83
1994 6.81
1995 6.77
1996 6.80
1997 6.82
1998 6.80
1999 6.77
2000 6.73
2001 6.73
2002 6.71
2003 6.67
2004 6.61
2005 6.52
2006 6.46
2007 6.38
2008 6.29
2009 6.21
2010 6.14
2011 6.12
2012 6.10
2013 6.09
2014 6.10
2015 6.13
2016 6.22
2017 6.32
2018 6.44
2019 6.55
2020 6.68

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Lao PDR was 50.08 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 85.89 in 1993 and a minimum value of 50.08 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 76.29
1961 76.77
1962 77.16
1963 77.40
1964 77.45
1965 77.29
1966 77.60
1967 77.64
1968 77.50
1969 77.32
1970 77.17
1971 77.55
1972 77.88
1973 78.16
1974 78.31
1975 78.29
1976 80.00
1977 81.52
1978 82.86
1979 84.12
1980 85.35
1981 85.60
1982 85.74
1983 85.80
1984 85.74
1985 85.60
1986 85.59
1987 85.48
1988 85.29
1989 85.06
1990 84.79
1991 85.33
1992 85.70
1993 85.89
1994 85.82
1995 85.43
1996 85.48
1997 85.04
1998 84.18
1999 83.05
2000 81.70
2001 79.93
2002 78.15
2003 76.26
2004 74.18
2005 71.94
2006 69.51
2007 67.14
2008 64.87
2009 62.77
2010 60.83
2011 59.17
2012 57.55
2013 56.04
2014 54.76
2015 53.74
2016 52.81
2017 52.09
2018 51.49
2019 50.84
2020 50.08

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population