Mauritania - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Mauritania was 75.02 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 95.40 in 1972 and 75.02 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 | 86.90 |
| 1961 | 88.30 |
| 1962 | 89.32 |
| 1963 | 90.10 |
| 1964 | 90.73 |
| 1965 | 91.27 |
| 1966 | 92.36 |
| 1967 | 93.25 |
| 1968 | 93.94 |
| 1969 | 94.36 |
| 1970 | 94.48 |
| 1971 | 95.14 |
| 1972 | 95.40 |
| 1973 | 95.37 |
| 1974 | 95.14 |
| 1975 | 94.77 |
| 1976 | 94.94 |
| 1977 | 94.86 |
| 1978 | 94.59 |
| 1979 | 94.18 |
| 1980 | 93.65 |
| 1981 | 93.67 |
| 1982 | 93.49 |
| 1983 | 93.17 |
| 1984 | 92.74 |
| 1985 | 92.24 |
| 1986 | 92.48 |
| 1987 | 92.59 |
| 1988 | 92.57 |
| 1989 | 92.40 |
| 1990 | 92.10 |
| 1991 | 92.14 |
| 1992 | 91.95 |
| 1993 | 91.60 |
| 1994 | 91.15 |
| 1995 | 90.63 |
| 1996 | 90.22 |
| 1997 | 89.78 |
| 1998 | 89.26 |
| 1999 | 88.63 |
| 2000 | 87.87 |
| 2001 | 87.08 |
| 2002 | 86.15 |
| 2003 | 85.14 |
| 2004 | 84.16 |
| 2005 | 83.25 |
| 2006 | 82.55 |
| 2007 | 81.85 |
| 2008 | 81.16 |
| 2009 | 80.50 |
| 2010 | 79.85 |
| 2011 | 79.41 |
| 2012 | 78.95 |
| 2013 | 78.47 |
| 2014 | 77.95 |
| 2015 | 77.38 |
| 2016 | 77.09 |
| 2017 | 76.66 |
| 2018 | 76.13 |
| 2019 | 75.58 |
| 2020 | 75.02 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Mauritania was 5.56 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.09 in 1998 and a minimum value of 3.92 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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 3.92 |
| 1961 | 4.06 |
| 1962 | 4.19 |
| 1963 | 4.32 |
| 1964 | 4.43 |
| 1965 | 4.53 |
| 1966 | 4.65 |
| 1967 | 4.76 |
| 1968 | 4.85 |
| 1969 | 4.94 |
| 1970 | 5.01 |
| 1971 | 5.10 |
| 1972 | 5.18 |
| 1973 | 5.25 |
| 1974 | 5.30 |
| 1975 | 5.34 |
| 1976 | 5.41 |
| 1977 | 5.47 |
| 1978 | 5.51 |
| 1979 | 5.54 |
| 1980 | 5.56 |
| 1981 | 5.62 |
| 1982 | 5.66 |
| 1983 | 5.69 |
| 1984 | 5.72 |
| 1985 | 5.73 |
| 1986 | 5.79 |
| 1987 | 5.84 |
| 1988 | 5.87 |
| 1989 | 5.89 |
| 1990 | 5.91 |
| 1991 | 5.96 |
| 1992 | 5.99 |
| 1993 | 6.02 |
| 1994 | 6.03 |
| 1995 | 6.03 |
| 1996 | 6.06 |
| 1997 | 6.08 |
| 1998 | 6.09 |
| 1999 | 6.08 |
| 2000 | 6.07 |
| 2001 | 6.04 |
| 2002 | 6.01 |
| 2003 | 5.96 |
| 2004 | 5.91 |
| 2005 | 5.86 |
| 2006 | 5.83 |
| 2007 | 5.79 |
| 2008 | 5.75 |
| 2009 | 5.71 |
| 2010 | 5.67 |
| 2011 | 5.64 |
| 2012 | 5.61 |
| 2013 | 5.58 |
| 2014 | 5.55 |
| 2015 | 5.53 |
| 2016 | 5.53 |
| 2017 | 5.53 |
| 2018 | 5.53 |
| 2019 | 5.54 |
| 2020 | 5.56 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Mauritania was 69.46 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 90.22 in 1972 and a minimum value of 69.46 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 | 82.98 |
| 1961 | 84.24 |
| 1962 | 85.13 |
| 1963 | 85.78 |
| 1964 | 86.30 |
| 1965 | 86.75 |
| 1966 | 87.71 |
| 1967 | 88.49 |
| 1968 | 89.09 |
| 1969 | 89.42 |
| 1970 | 89.48 |
| 1971 | 90.03 |
| 1972 | 90.22 |
| 1973 | 90.12 |
| 1974 | 89.84 |
| 1975 | 89.43 |
| 1976 | 89.52 |
| 1977 | 89.39 |
| 1978 | 89.08 |
| 1979 | 88.64 |
| 1980 | 88.08 |
| 1981 | 88.05 |
| 1982 | 87.83 |
| 1983 | 87.47 |
| 1984 | 87.03 |
| 1985 | 86.51 |
| 1986 | 86.69 |
| 1987 | 86.75 |
| 1988 | 86.70 |
| 1989 | 86.51 |
| 1990 | 86.19 |
| 1991 | 86.18 |
| 1992 | 85.96 |
| 1993 | 85.58 |
| 1994 | 85.12 |
| 1995 | 84.59 |
| 1996 | 84.15 |
| 1997 | 83.69 |
| 1998 | 83.17 |
| 1999 | 82.54 |
| 2000 | 81.80 |
| 2001 | 81.04 |
| 2002 | 80.14 |
| 2003 | 79.18 |
| 2004 | 78.25 |
| 2005 | 77.38 |
| 2006 | 76.72 |
| 2007 | 76.05 |
| 2008 | 75.41 |
| 2009 | 74.79 |
| 2010 | 74.18 |
| 2011 | 73.77 |
| 2012 | 73.33 |
| 2013 | 72.89 |
| 2014 | 72.40 |
| 2015 | 71.85 |
| 2016 | 71.56 |
| 2017 | 71.13 |
| 2018 | 70.60 |
| 2019 | 70.04 |
| 2020 | 69.46 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
