Macao SAR, China - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Macao SAR, China was 35.73 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 98.21 in 1965 and 24.64 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 87.90
1961 90.15
1962 92.95
1963 96.03
1964 98.17
1965 98.21
1966 96.79
1967 92.63
1968 86.83
1969 80.80
1970 75.15
1971 68.24
1972 62.63
1973 58.00
1974 53.90
1975 50.18
1976 48.10
1977 46.13
1978 44.70
1979 44.42
1980 45.44
1981 44.11
1982 44.12
1983 44.73
1984 45.05
1985 44.81
1986 46.19
1987 46.52
1988 46.42
1989 46.59
1990 47.14
1991 47.58
1992 48.17
1993 48.70
1994 48.82
1995 48.42
1996 47.81
1997 47.01
1998 46.01
1999 44.81
2000 43.33
2001 41.24
2002 38.83
2003 36.30
2004 33.90
2005 31.78
2006 29.70
2007 27.94
2008 26.51
2009 25.41
2010 24.64
2011 24.64
2012 24.82
2013 25.24
2014 25.94
2015 26.91
2016 28.36
2017 30.00
2018 31.82
2019 33.75
2020 35.73

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Macao SAR, China was 16.25 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.25 in 2020 and a minimum value of 8.16 in 1970.

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 9.33
1961 9.37
1962 9.39
1963 9.40
1964 9.36
1965 9.23
1966 9.11
1967 8.90
1968 8.65
1969 8.39
1970 8.16
1971 8.17
1972 8.25
1973 8.37
1974 8.53
1975 8.72
1976 9.10
1977 9.50
1978 9.92
1979 10.42
1980 11.02
1981 10.96
1982 10.92
1983 10.87
1984 10.77
1985 10.63
1986 10.42
1987 10.17
1988 9.94
1989 9.74
1990 9.60
1991 9.81
1992 10.05
1993 10.28
1994 10.49
1995 10.64
1996 10.69
1997 10.70
1998 10.69
1999 10.66
2000 10.59
2001 10.32
2002 10.04
2003 9.78
2004 9.55
2005 9.35
2006 9.12
2007 8.87
2008 8.65
2009 8.50
2010 8.47
2011 8.74
2012 9.12
2013 9.60
2014 10.20
2015 10.90
2016 11.76
2017 12.74
2018 13.82
2019 15.00
2020 16.25

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Macao SAR, China was 19.48 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 88.97 in 1965 and a minimum value of 15.64 in 2013.

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 78.57
1961 80.78
1962 83.56
1963 86.64
1964 88.81
1965 88.97
1966 87.68
1967 83.73
1968 78.18
1969 72.41
1970 66.99
1971 60.07
1972 54.38
1973 49.64
1974 45.37
1975 41.47
1976 39.00
1977 36.63
1978 34.78
1979 34.00
1980 34.41
1981 33.15
1982 33.20
1983 33.86
1984 34.27
1985 34.18
1986 35.78
1987 36.34
1988 36.49
1989 36.85
1990 37.53
1991 37.77
1992 38.12
1993 38.42
1994 38.33
1995 37.78
1996 37.13
1997 36.30
1998 35.32
1999 34.15
2000 32.74
2001 30.93
2002 28.79
2003 26.52
2004 24.36
2005 22.42
2006 20.58
2007 19.07
2008 17.86
2009 16.91
2010 16.16
2011 15.90
2012 15.71
2013 15.64
2014 15.74
2015 16.01
2016 16.60
2017 17.26
2018 18.00
2019 18.75
2020 19.48

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population