Micronesia - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Micronesia was 55.24 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 106.74 in 1975 and 55.24 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 95.70
1961 96.62
1962 98.47
1963 100.57
1964 101.91
1965 102.16
1966 102.19
1967 101.38
1968 100.00
1969 98.51
1970 97.06
1971 98.60
1972 100.29
1973 102.12
1974 104.21
1975 106.74
1976 105.71
1977 104.91
1978 104.34
1979 103.89
1980 103.43
1981 102.10
1982 101.01
1983 99.88
1984 98.35
1985 96.42
1986 95.78
1987 94.55
1988 93.08
1989 91.83
1990 91.02
1991 90.81
1992 90.87
1993 90.74
1994 90.07
1995 88.79
1996 87.20
1997 85.52
1998 83.47
1999 81.11
2000 78.58
2001 78.21
2002 77.51
2003 76.63
2004 75.68
2005 74.65
2006 71.98
2007 69.67
2008 67.55
2009 65.53
2010 63.68
2011 62.14
2012 60.52
2013 59.01
2014 57.77
2015 56.84
2016 56.13
2017 55.73
2018 55.53
2019 55.40
2020 55.24

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Micronesia was 6.82 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.56 in 1975 and a minimum value of 5.21 in 2012.

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 6.78
1961 6.82
1962 6.84
1963 6.84
1964 6.82
1965 6.77
1966 6.74
1967 6.67
1968 6.58
1969 6.51
1970 6.43
1971 6.75
1972 7.13
1973 7.55
1974 8.02
1975 8.56
1976 8.32
1977 8.05
1978 7.77
1979 7.46
1980 7.13
1981 7.11
1982 7.07
1983 7.02
1984 6.95
1985 6.86
1986 6.86
1987 6.83
1988 6.79
1989 6.74
1990 6.70
1991 6.75
1992 6.74
1993 6.67
1994 6.57
1995 6.53
1996 6.60
1997 6.68
1998 6.72
1999 6.67
2000 6.52
2001 6.65
2002 6.74
2003 6.78
2004 6.80
2005 6.79
2006 6.50
2007 6.18
2008 5.85
2009 5.54
2010 5.27
2011 5.22
2012 5.21
2013 5.24
2014 5.30
2015 5.40
2016 5.65
2017 5.93
2018 6.22
2019 6.52
2020 6.82

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Micronesia was 48.42 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 98.18 in 1975 and a minimum value of 48.42 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 88.92
1961 89.80
1962 91.63
1963 93.73
1964 95.09
1965 95.39
1966 95.45
1967 94.72
1968 93.42
1969 92.01
1970 90.63
1971 91.85
1972 93.16
1973 94.57
1974 96.19
1975 98.18
1976 97.40
1977 96.85
1978 96.57
1979 96.44
1980 96.30
1981 94.99
1982 93.94
1983 92.85
1984 91.41
1985 89.57
1986 88.92
1987 87.72
1988 86.28
1989 85.09
1990 84.32
1991 84.06
1992 84.12
1993 84.07
1994 83.50
1995 82.26
1996 80.60
1997 78.84
1998 76.75
1999 74.43
2000 72.06
2001 71.56
2002 70.78
2003 69.85
2004 68.88
2005 67.86
2006 65.49
2007 63.49
2008 61.69
2009 59.99
2010 58.41
2011 56.92
2012 55.32
2013 53.77
2014 52.47
2015 51.44
2016 50.48
2017 49.80
2018 49.31
2019 48.88
2020 48.42

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population