Tonga - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Tonga was 68.59 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 104.26 in 1969 and 68.59 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 | 95.38 |
| 1961 | 96.09 |
| 1962 | 96.60 |
| 1963 | 96.97 |
| 1964 | 97.31 |
| 1965 | 97.49 |
| 1966 | 100.15 |
| 1967 | 102.23 |
| 1968 | 103.65 |
| 1969 | 104.26 |
| 1970 | 103.94 |
| 1971 | 102.76 |
| 1972 | 101.24 |
| 1973 | 99.31 |
| 1974 | 97.08 |
| 1975 | 94.60 |
| 1976 | 91.14 |
| 1977 | 88.34 |
| 1978 | 86.01 |
| 1979 | 83.86 |
| 1980 | 81.74 |
| 1981 | 82.07 |
| 1982 | 81.84 |
| 1983 | 81.28 |
| 1984 | 80.77 |
| 1985 | 80.45 |
| 1986 | 79.65 |
| 1987 | 78.76 |
| 1988 | 78.06 |
| 1989 | 77.81 |
| 1990 | 78.01 |
| 1991 | 78.38 |
| 1992 | 79.52 |
| 1993 | 80.81 |
| 1994 | 81.55 |
| 1995 | 81.57 |
| 1996 | 81.75 |
| 1997 | 80.96 |
| 1998 | 79.76 |
| 1999 | 78.95 |
| 2000 | 78.87 |
| 2001 | 77.81 |
| 2002 | 77.76 |
| 2003 | 78.31 |
| 2004 | 78.81 |
| 2005 | 78.91 |
| 2006 | 78.80 |
| 2007 | 78.31 |
| 2008 | 77.53 |
| 2009 | 76.66 |
| 2010 | 75.82 |
| 2011 | 75.28 |
| 2012 | 74.92 |
| 2013 | 74.52 |
| 2014 | 74.05 |
| 2015 | 73.62 |
| 2016 | 72.72 |
| 2017 | 71.67 |
| 2018 | 70.56 |
| 2019 | 69.53 |
| 2020 | 68.59 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Tonga was 9.98 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.56 in 2005 and a minimum value of 5.78 in 1970.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 6.60 |
| 1961 | 6.49 |
| 1962 | 6.40 |
| 1963 | 6.28 |
| 1964 | 6.17 |
| 1965 | 6.06 |
| 1966 | 6.07 |
| 1967 | 6.05 |
| 1968 | 6.02 |
| 1969 | 5.91 |
| 1970 | 5.78 |
| 1971 | 5.82 |
| 1972 | 5.86 |
| 1973 | 5.86 |
| 1974 | 5.86 |
| 1975 | 5.85 |
| 1976 | 5.83 |
| 1977 | 5.83 |
| 1978 | 5.83 |
| 1979 | 5.86 |
| 1980 | 5.93 |
| 1981 | 6.12 |
| 1982 | 6.31 |
| 1983 | 6.49 |
| 1984 | 6.65 |
| 1985 | 6.79 |
| 1986 | 6.96 |
| 1987 | 7.14 |
| 1988 | 7.33 |
| 1989 | 7.56 |
| 1990 | 7.81 |
| 1991 | 8.14 |
| 1992 | 8.50 |
| 1993 | 8.87 |
| 1994 | 9.22 |
| 1995 | 9.54 |
| 1996 | 9.71 |
| 1997 | 9.83 |
| 1998 | 9.91 |
| 1999 | 9.98 |
| 2000 | 10.04 |
| 2001 | 10.17 |
| 2002 | 10.31 |
| 2003 | 10.43 |
| 2004 | 10.52 |
| 2005 | 10.56 |
| 2006 | 10.55 |
| 2007 | 10.49 |
| 2008 | 10.37 |
| 2009 | 10.21 |
| 2010 | 10.05 |
| 2011 | 10.09 |
| 2012 | 10.15 |
| 2013 | 10.21 |
| 2014 | 10.28 |
| 2015 | 10.41 |
| 2016 | 10.32 |
| 2017 | 10.24 |
| 2018 | 10.15 |
| 2019 | 10.07 |
| 2020 | 9.98 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Tonga was 58.61 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 98.35 in 1969 and a minimum value of 58.61 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 | 88.78 |
| 1961 | 89.60 |
| 1962 | 90.20 |
| 1963 | 90.69 |
| 1964 | 91.14 |
| 1965 | 91.43 |
| 1966 | 94.07 |
| 1967 | 96.17 |
| 1968 | 97.64 |
| 1969 | 98.35 |
| 1970 | 98.16 |
| 1971 | 96.93 |
| 1972 | 95.39 |
| 1973 | 93.45 |
| 1974 | 91.22 |
| 1975 | 88.75 |
| 1976 | 85.31 |
| 1977 | 82.51 |
| 1978 | 80.18 |
| 1979 | 78.00 |
| 1980 | 75.81 |
| 1981 | 75.95 |
| 1982 | 75.53 |
| 1983 | 74.79 |
| 1984 | 74.12 |
| 1985 | 73.66 |
| 1986 | 72.69 |
| 1987 | 71.62 |
| 1988 | 70.73 |
| 1989 | 70.26 |
| 1990 | 70.20 |
| 1991 | 70.24 |
| 1992 | 71.01 |
| 1993 | 71.94 |
| 1994 | 72.34 |
| 1995 | 72.03 |
| 1996 | 72.03 |
| 1997 | 71.13 |
| 1998 | 69.84 |
| 1999 | 68.98 |
| 2000 | 68.84 |
| 2001 | 67.64 |
| 2002 | 67.45 |
| 2003 | 67.88 |
| 2004 | 68.28 |
| 2005 | 68.36 |
| 2006 | 68.25 |
| 2007 | 67.82 |
| 2008 | 67.15 |
| 2009 | 66.45 |
| 2010 | 65.77 |
| 2011 | 65.19 |
| 2012 | 64.77 |
| 2013 | 64.31 |
| 2014 | 63.76 |
| 2015 | 63.21 |
| 2016 | 62.41 |
| 2017 | 61.43 |
| 2018 | 60.41 |
| 2019 | 59.46 |
| 2020 | 58.61 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
