Madagascar - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Madagascar was 75.94 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 98.90 in 1977 and 75.94 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 85.02
1961 86.99
1962 89.00
1963 90.87
1964 92.25
1965 93.06
1966 94.51
1967 95.28
1968 95.55
1969 95.62
1970 95.67
1971 96.61
1972 97.33
1973 97.82
1974 98.05
1975 98.02
1976 98.63
1977 98.90
1978 98.88
1979 98.61
1980 98.14
1981 98.31
1982 98.15
1983 97.76
1984 97.23
1985 96.62
1986 96.46
1987 96.17
1988 95.75
1989 95.18
1990 94.51
1991 94.41
1992 94.12
1993 93.72
1994 93.30
1995 92.92
1996 93.10
1997 93.18
1998 93.17
1999 93.03
2000 92.75
2001 92.82
2002 92.61
2003 92.19
2004 91.61
2005 90.93
2006 90.25
2007 89.50
2008 88.65
2009 87.62
2010 86.41
2011 85.29
2012 83.99
2013 82.60
2014 81.29
2015 80.11
2016 79.12
2017 78.26
2018 77.48
2019 76.71
2020 75.94

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Madagascar was 5.46 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.25 in 1974 and a minimum value of 5.10 in 2014.

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 6.04
1961 6.15
1962 6.24
1963 6.31
1964 6.36
1965 6.40
1966 6.52
1967 6.61
1968 6.68
1969 6.74
1970 6.80
1971 6.96
1972 7.10
1973 7.21
1974 7.25
1975 7.22
1976 7.20
1977 7.13
1978 7.00
1979 6.85
1980 6.67
1981 6.59
1982 6.48
1983 6.36
1984 6.24
1985 6.14
1986 6.10
1987 6.05
1988 6.00
1989 5.95
1990 5.88
1991 5.89
1992 5.87
1993 5.85
1994 5.82
1995 5.80
1996 5.81
1997 5.80
1998 5.79
1999 5.76
2000 5.72
2001 5.72
2002 5.70
2003 5.67
2004 5.62
2005 5.56
2006 5.52
2007 5.48
2008 5.42
2009 5.35
2010 5.28
2011 5.24
2012 5.18
2013 5.13
2014 5.10
2015 5.10
2016 5.16
2017 5.22
2018 5.30
2019 5.38
2020 5.46

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Madagascar was 70.49 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 91.87 in 1978 and a minimum value of 70.49 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 78.98
1961 80.84
1962 82.76
1963 84.56
1964 85.90
1965 86.66
1966 87.99
1967 88.67
1968 88.87
1969 88.88
1970 88.87
1971 89.65
1972 90.23
1973 90.61
1974 90.80
1975 90.80
1976 91.43
1977 91.77
1978 91.87
1979 91.76
1980 91.47
1981 91.72
1982 91.67
1983 91.40
1984 90.98
1985 90.48
1986 90.36
1987 90.12
1988 89.75
1989 89.23
1990 88.62
1991 88.52
1992 88.25
1993 87.87
1994 87.48
1995 87.13
1996 87.29
1997 87.38
1998 87.38
1999 87.27
2000 87.03
2001 87.10
2002 86.91
2003 86.52
2004 85.99
2005 85.37
2006 84.72
2007 84.02
2008 83.23
2009 82.27
2010 81.13
2011 80.06
2012 78.81
2013 77.47
2014 76.19
2015 75.00
2016 73.97
2017 73.04
2018 72.18
2019 71.33
2020 70.49

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population