Peru - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Peru was 50.19 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 93.70 in 1967 and 50.19 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 89.34
1961 90.48
1962 91.53
1963 92.41
1964 92.94
1965 93.07
1966 93.65
1967 93.70
1968 93.38
1969 92.89
1970 92.34
1971 92.18
1972 91.89
1973 91.46
1974 90.83
1975 89.97
1976 89.38
1977 88.51
1978 87.44
1979 86.28
1980 85.08
1981 84.15
1982 83.17
1983 82.16
1984 81.09
1985 79.98
1986 79.17
1987 78.31
1988 77.41
1989 76.47
1990 75.50
1991 74.66
1992 73.74
1993 72.77
1994 71.77
1995 70.75
1996 69.61
1997 68.45
1998 67.25
1999 66.02
2000 64.75
2001 63.68
2002 62.69
2003 61.77
2004 60.91
2005 60.08
2006 59.33
2007 58.68
2008 58.10
2009 57.55
2010 57.01
2011 56.48
2012 55.85
2013 55.26
2014 54.90
2015 54.82
2016 53.04
2017 51.91
2018 51.24
2019 50.71
2020 50.19

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Peru was 13.10 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.10 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.47 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.

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Year Value
1960 6.47
1961 6.56
1962 6.64
1963 6.69
1964 6.71
1965 6.71
1966 6.74
1967 6.74
1968 6.71
1969 6.68
1970 6.65
1971 6.69
1972 6.72
1973 6.74
1974 6.74
1975 6.74
1976 6.76
1977 6.77
1978 6.77
1979 6.76
1980 6.73
1981 6.75
1982 6.75
1983 6.74
1984 6.73
1985 6.73
1986 6.79
1987 6.85
1988 6.91
1989 6.97
1990 7.03
1991 7.11
1992 7.20
1993 7.28
1994 7.37
1995 7.47
1996 7.57
1997 7.68
1998 7.79
1999 7.90
2000 8.01
2001 8.18
2002 8.33
2003 8.49
2004 8.64
2005 8.78
2006 8.97
2007 9.16
2008 9.35
2009 9.55
2010 9.76
2011 10.01
2012 10.28
2013 10.59
2014 10.94
2015 11.34
2016 11.57
2017 11.87
2018 12.23
2019 12.65
2020 13.10

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Peru was 37.08 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 86.97 in 1967 and a minimum value of 37.08 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 82.87
1961 83.92
1962 84.90
1963 85.72
1964 86.23
1965 86.37
1966 86.91
1967 86.97
1968 86.67
1969 86.21
1970 85.69
1971 85.49
1972 85.17
1973 84.73
1974 84.09
1975 83.23
1976 82.62
1977 81.74
1978 80.67
1979 79.53
1980 78.35
1981 77.40
1982 76.43
1983 75.42
1984 74.36
1985 73.25
1986 72.38
1987 71.45
1988 70.49
1989 69.49
1990 68.46
1991 67.54
1992 66.54
1993 65.49
1994 64.40
1995 63.28
1996 62.04
1997 60.77
1998 59.46
1999 58.12
2000 56.74
2001 55.50
2002 54.36
2003 53.29
2004 52.27
2005 51.30
2006 50.36
2007 49.52
2008 48.74
2009 48.00
2010 47.25
2011 46.47
2012 45.56
2013 44.68
2014 43.97
2015 43.48
2016 41.47
2017 40.05
2018 39.01
2019 38.06
2020 37.08

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population