Lebanon - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Lebanon was 48.41 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 96.02 in 1964 and 47.44 in 2010.

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 90.70
1961 92.06
1962 93.73
1963 95.26
1964 96.02
1965 95.73
1966 95.33
1967 94.05
1968 92.17
1969 90.22
1970 88.49
1971 86.90
1972 85.40
1973 83.99
1974 82.54
1975 80.93
1976 80.75
1977 80.70
1978 80.65
1979 80.54
1980 80.34
1981 80.37
1982 80.09
1983 79.63
1984 79.14
1985 78.70
1986 77.53
1987 76.47
1988 75.49
1989 74.61
1990 73.96
1991 70.51
1992 67.53
1993 65.02
1994 62.81
1995 60.73
1996 60.51
1997 60.07
1998 59.44
1999 58.77
2000 58.21
2001 58.60
2002 58.76
2003 58.67
2004 58.13
2005 56.96
2006 55.15
2007 53.02
2008 50.71
2009 48.69
2010 47.44
2011 47.49
2012 48.03
2013 48.99
2014 50.03
2015 50.75
2016 50.41
2017 50.00
2018 49.47
2019 48.91
2020 48.41

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Lebanon was 11.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11.35 in 1960 and a minimum value of 8.30 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 11.35
1961 11.22
1962 11.04
1963 10.82
1964 10.58
1965 10.33
1966 10.19
1967 10.04
1968 9.87
1969 9.69
1970 9.52
1971 9.41
1972 9.28
1973 9.15
1974 9.02
1975 8.91
1976 9.13
1977 9.37
1978 9.59
1979 9.75
1980 9.81
1981 9.76
1982 9.62
1983 9.44
1984 9.26
1985 9.14
1986 9.08
1987 9.06
1988 9.07
1989 9.10
1990 9.15
1991 8.90
1992 8.70
1993 8.54
1994 8.41
1995 8.30
1996 8.45
1997 8.59
1998 8.74
1999 8.88
2000 9.02
2001 9.06
2002 9.12
2003 9.20
2004 9.28
2005 9.32
2006 9.36
2007 9.35
2008 9.32
2009 9.32
2010 9.37
2011 9.28
2012 9.26
2013 9.29
2014 9.39
2015 9.54
2016 9.81
2017 10.12
2018 10.47
2019 10.83
2020 11.20

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Lebanon was 37.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 85.44 in 1964 and a minimum value of 37.20 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 79.35
1961 80.84
1962 82.69
1963 84.44
1964 85.44
1965 85.40
1966 85.14
1967 84.01
1968 82.31
1969 80.53
1970 78.97
1971 77.49
1972 76.12
1973 74.85
1974 73.52
1975 72.02
1976 71.63
1977 71.33
1978 71.06
1979 70.79
1980 70.53
1981 70.60
1982 70.46
1983 70.19
1984 69.88
1985 69.56
1986 68.44
1987 67.41
1988 66.42
1989 65.51
1990 64.81
1991 61.61
1992 58.83
1993 56.48
1994 54.41
1995 52.43
1996 52.06
1997 51.47
1998 50.70
1999 49.88
2000 49.19
2001 49.54
2002 49.64
2003 49.47
2004 48.86
2005 47.63
2006 45.79
2007 43.67
2008 41.39
2009 39.37
2010 38.06
2011 38.21
2012 38.77
2013 39.70
2014 40.64
2015 41.21
2016 40.60
2017 39.88
2018 39.01
2019 38.08
2020 37.20

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population