Niger - Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Niger was 109.50 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 111.94 in 2013 and 97.73 in 1960.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 97.73
1961 98.64
1962 99.47
1963 100.15
1964 100.54
1965 100.55
1966 101.67
1967 102.21
1968 102.31
1969 102.08
1970 101.61
1971 102.08
1972 102.21
1973 102.06
1974 101.69
1975 101.10
1976 100.94
1977 100.82
1978 100.69
1979 100.51
1980 100.22
1981 101.59
1982 102.29
1983 102.54
1984 102.54
1985 102.36
1986 102.73
1987 102.91
1988 102.97
1989 102.95
1990 102.80
1991 103.17
1992 103.13
1993 102.82
1994 102.34
1995 101.76
1996 102.14
1997 102.35
1998 102.50
1999 102.69
2000 102.90
2001 104.01
2002 104.85
2003 105.54
2004 106.17
2005 106.76
2006 108.11
2007 109.12
2008 109.86
2009 110.38
2010 110.70
2011 111.41
2012 111.80
2013 111.94
2014 111.86
2015 111.60
2016 111.60
2017 111.34
2018 110.88
2019 110.26
2020 109.50

Development Relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development.

Limitations and Exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: this indicator implies the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. Many times single or widowed women who are the sole caregiver of a household have a high dependency

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population