The Bahamas - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in The Bahamas was 41.54 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 87.73 in 1965 and 41.54 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 85.80
1961 85.62
1962 85.80
1963 86.38
1964 87.12
1965 87.73
1966 86.81
1967 85.67
1968 84.62
1969 83.94
1970 83.65
1971 81.48
1972 80.53
1973 80.20
1974 79.72
1975 78.70
1976 77.65
1977 75.60
1978 73.17
1979 71.11
1980 69.74
1981 67.65
1982 66.63
1983 66.17
1984 65.51
1985 64.33
1986 63.65
1987 62.17
1988 60.34
1989 58.85
1990 57.99
1991 57.00
1992 56.80
1993 57.00
1994 56.93
1995 56.30
1996 56.21
1997 55.52
1998 54.47
1999 53.58
2000 53.12
2001 52.46
2002 52.06
2003 51.80
2004 51.53
2005 51.26
2006 50.80
2007 50.55
2008 50.30
2009 49.88
2010 49.25
2011 48.44
2012 47.40
2013 46.26
2014 45.17
2015 44.26
2016 43.32
2017 42.72
2018 42.33
2019 41.96
2020 41.54

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in The Bahamas was 10.97 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.97 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6.20 in 1969.

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 7.04
1961 6.87
1962 6.71
1963 6.61
1964 6.55
1965 6.48
1966 6.38
1967 6.28
1968 6.22
1969 6.20
1970 6.21
1971 6.28
1972 6.34
1973 6.41
1974 6.49
1975 6.55
1976 6.65
1977 6.75
1978 6.84
1979 6.93
1980 6.98
1981 6.99
1982 6.96
1983 6.92
1984 6.88
1985 6.83
1986 6.80
1987 6.77
1988 6.74
1989 6.73
1990 6.75
1991 6.82
1992 6.92
1993 7.03
1994 7.14
1995 7.25
1996 7.45
1997 7.63
1998 7.82
1999 8.02
2000 8.24
2001 8.38
2002 8.51
2003 8.61
2004 8.69
2005 8.74
2006 8.82
2007 8.91
2008 8.99
2009 9.07
2010 9.12
2011 9.22
2012 9.31
2013 9.41
2014 9.52
2015 9.65
2016 9.85
2017 10.08
2018 10.33
2019 10.62
2020 10.97

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

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in The Bahamas was 30.57 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 81.25 in 1965 and a minimum value of 30.57 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 78.76
1961 78.76
1962 79.09
1963 79.76
1964 80.57
1965 81.25
1966 80.43
1967 79.39
1968 78.40
1969 77.74
1970 77.44
1971 75.20
1972 74.18
1973 73.79
1974 73.24
1975 72.16
1976 71.00
1977 68.86
1978 66.32
1979 64.18
1980 62.76
1981 60.66
1982 59.67
1983 59.25
1984 58.63
1985 57.51
1986 56.85
1987 55.40
1988 53.60
1989 52.12
1990 51.25
1991 50.18
1992 49.89
1993 49.97
1994 49.79
1995 49.05
1996 48.77
1997 47.88
1998 46.66
1999 45.57
2000 44.87
2001 44.08
2002 43.55
2003 43.19
2004 42.85
2005 42.52
2006 41.98
2007 41.65
2008 41.31
2009 40.81
2010 40.12
2011 39.21
2012 38.09
2013 36.85
2014 35.65
2015 34.61
2016 33.47
2017 32.65
2018 32.00
2019 31.34
2020 30.57

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population