Thailand - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Thailand was 41.86 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 90.72 in 1969 and 39.04 in 2010.

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 85.35
1961 86.44
1962 87.29
1963 87.96
1964 88.52
1965 89.02
1966 89.72
1967 90.29
1968 90.65
1969 90.72
1970 90.44
1971 90.21
1972 89.42
1973 88.23
1974 86.81
1975 85.25
1976 83.63
1977 81.97
1978 80.21
1979 78.23
1980 76.00
1981 73.54
1982 70.99
1983 68.39
1984 65.84
1985 63.40
1986 61.05
1987 58.83
1988 56.76
1989 54.89
1990 53.21
1991 52.03
1992 50.97
1993 50.02
1994 49.13
1995 48.28
1996 47.27
1997 46.32
1998 45.43
1999 44.62
2000 43.91
2001 43.17
2002 42.54
2003 41.99
2004 41.45
2005 40.92
2006 40.45
2007 40.01
2008 39.62
2009 39.29
2010 39.04
2011 39.23
2012 39.38
2013 39.53
2014 39.73
2015 40.01
2016 40.16
2017 40.43
2018 40.82
2019 41.30
2020 41.86

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Thailand was 18.38 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18.38 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.14 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 6.14
1961 6.22
1962 6.30
1963 6.37
1964 6.44
1965 6.49
1966 6.55
1967 6.60
1968 6.63
1969 6.65
1970 6.67
1971 6.69
1972 6.69
1973 6.68
1974 6.66
1975 6.63
1976 6.64
1977 6.65
1978 6.64
1979 6.62
1980 6.59
1981 6.58
1982 6.56
1983 6.53
1984 6.51
1985 6.51
1986 6.54
1987 6.59
1988 6.66
1989 6.77
1990 6.92
1991 7.12
1992 7.35
1993 7.59
1994 7.85
1995 8.11
1996 8.35
1997 8.59
1998 8.85
1999 9.11
2000 9.40
2001 9.70
2002 10.01
2003 10.33
2004 10.64
2005 10.93
2006 11.20
2007 11.47
2008 11.74
2009 12.04
2010 12.37
2011 12.80
2012 13.25
2013 13.73
2014 14.26
2015 14.84
2016 15.43
2017 16.06
2018 16.76
2019 17.53
2020 18.38

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Thailand was 23.48 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 84.07 in 1969 and a minimum value of 23.48 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 79.21
1961 80.22
1962 81.00
1963 81.59
1964 82.08
1965 82.53
1966 83.17
1967 83.69
1968 84.02
1969 84.07
1970 83.78
1971 83.52
1972 82.73
1973 81.55
1974 80.15
1975 78.62
1976 76.99
1977 75.32
1978 73.57
1979 71.60
1980 69.41
1981 66.96
1982 64.43
1983 61.85
1984 59.32
1985 56.90
1986 54.51
1987 52.24
1988 50.11
1989 48.12
1990 46.29
1991 44.91
1992 43.63
1993 42.43
1994 41.28
1995 40.17
1996 38.92
1997 37.72
1998 36.58
1999 35.51
2000 34.51
2001 33.47
2002 32.53
2003 31.65
2004 30.82
2005 30.00
2006 29.24
2007 28.54
2008 27.88
2009 27.25
2010 26.67
2011 26.44
2012 26.14
2013 25.80
2014 25.47
2015 25.17
2016 24.73
2017 24.37
2018 24.06
2019 23.77
2020 23.48

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population