World - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in World was 54.55 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 77.07 in 1967 and 53.98 in 2015.
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 | 73.70 |
| 1961 | 74.43 |
| 1962 | 75.24 |
| 1963 | 76.00 |
| 1964 | 76.45 |
| 1965 | 76.53 |
| 1966 | 77.03 |
| 1967 | 77.07 |
| 1968 | 76.82 |
| 1969 | 76.49 |
| 1970 | 76.18 |
| 1971 | 76.16 |
| 1972 | 76.05 |
| 1973 | 75.83 |
| 1974 | 75.46 |
| 1975 | 74.91 |
| 1976 | 74.49 |
| 1977 | 73.88 |
| 1978 | 73.12 |
| 1979 | 72.26 |
| 1980 | 71.34 |
| 1981 | 70.52 |
| 1982 | 69.71 |
| 1983 | 68.92 |
| 1984 | 68.14 |
| 1985 | 67.40 |
| 1986 | 67.08 |
| 1987 | 66.72 |
| 1988 | 66.34 |
| 1989 | 65.94 |
| 1990 | 65.51 |
| 1991 | 65.36 |
| 1992 | 65.02 |
| 1993 | 64.54 |
| 1994 | 64.01 |
| 1995 | 63.46 |
| 1996 | 62.81 |
| 1997 | 62.25 |
| 1998 | 61.69 |
| 1999 | 61.01 |
| 2000 | 60.19 |
| 2001 | 59.59 |
| 2002 | 58.82 |
| 2003 | 57.99 |
| 2004 | 57.19 |
| 2005 | 56.49 |
| 2006 | 55.98 |
| 2007 | 55.53 |
| 2008 | 55.15 |
| 2009 | 54.81 |
| 2010 | 54.52 |
| 2011 | 54.36 |
| 2012 | 54.21 |
| 2013 | 54.08 |
| 2014 | 54.00 |
| 2015 | 53.98 |
| 2016 | 54.07 |
| 2017 | 54.20 |
| 2018 | 54.34 |
| 2019 | 54.46 |
| 2020 | 54.55 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in World was 14.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14.30 in 2020 and a minimum value of 8.59 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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 8.59 |
| 1961 | 8.70 |
| 1962 | 8.79 |
| 1963 | 8.84 |
| 1964 | 8.87 |
| 1965 | 8.87 |
| 1966 | 8.99 |
| 1967 | 9.09 |
| 1968 | 9.16 |
| 1969 | 9.22 |
| 1970 | 9.28 |
| 1971 | 9.39 |
| 1972 | 9.49 |
| 1973 | 9.57 |
| 1974 | 9.63 |
| 1975 | 9.69 |
| 1976 | 9.81 |
| 1977 | 9.91 |
| 1978 | 9.98 |
| 1979 | 10.03 |
| 1980 | 10.03 |
| 1981 | 10.03 |
| 1982 | 10.00 |
| 1983 | 9.94 |
| 1984 | 9.89 |
| 1985 | 9.86 |
| 1986 | 9.89 |
| 1987 | 9.94 |
| 1988 | 9.99 |
| 1989 | 10.04 |
| 1990 | 10.10 |
| 1991 | 10.22 |
| 1992 | 10.33 |
| 1993 | 10.43 |
| 1994 | 10.51 |
| 1995 | 10.58 |
| 1996 | 10.67 |
| 1997 | 10.75 |
| 1998 | 10.81 |
| 1999 | 10.87 |
| 2000 | 10.92 |
| 2001 | 11.01 |
| 2002 | 11.09 |
| 2003 | 11.16 |
| 2004 | 11.21 |
| 2005 | 11.24 |
| 2006 | 11.31 |
| 2007 | 11.36 |
| 2008 | 11.41 |
| 2009 | 11.48 |
| 2010 | 11.57 |
| 2011 | 11.71 |
| 2012 | 11.87 |
| 2013 | 12.06 |
| 2014 | 12.28 |
| 2015 | 12.54 |
| 2016 | 12.87 |
| 2017 | 13.22 |
| 2018 | 13.58 |
| 2019 | 13.95 |
| 2020 | 14.30 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in World was 39.08 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 66.82 in 1966 and a minimum value of 39.08 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 | 64.24 |
| 1961 | 64.81 |
| 1962 | 65.48 |
| 1963 | 66.10 |
| 1964 | 66.46 |
| 1965 | 66.50 |
| 1966 | 66.82 |
| 1967 | 66.75 |
| 1968 | 66.43 |
| 1969 | 66.05 |
| 1970 | 65.70 |
| 1971 | 65.54 |
| 1972 | 65.32 |
| 1973 | 65.02 |
| 1974 | 64.59 |
| 1975 | 64.00 |
| 1976 | 63.48 |
| 1977 | 62.78 |
| 1978 | 61.95 |
| 1979 | 61.04 |
| 1980 | 60.11 |
| 1981 | 59.24 |
| 1982 | 58.41 |
| 1983 | 57.62 |
| 1984 | 56.84 |
| 1985 | 56.09 |
| 1986 | 55.69 |
| 1987 | 55.26 |
| 1988 | 54.82 |
| 1989 | 54.36 |
| 1990 | 53.88 |
| 1991 | 53.64 |
| 1992 | 53.20 |
| 1993 | 52.64 |
| 1994 | 52.05 |
| 1995 | 51.48 |
| 1996 | 50.71 |
| 1997 | 50.09 |
| 1998 | 49.49 |
| 1999 | 48.77 |
| 2000 | 47.89 |
| 2001 | 47.18 |
| 2002 | 46.29 |
| 2003 | 45.32 |
| 2004 | 44.42 |
| 2005 | 43.64 |
| 2006 | 43.02 |
| 2007 | 42.50 |
| 2008 | 42.06 |
| 2009 | 41.67 |
| 2010 | 41.30 |
| 2011 | 41.02 |
| 2012 | 40.73 |
| 2013 | 40.45 |
| 2014 | 40.19 |
| 2015 | 39.97 |
| 2016 | 39.79 |
| 2017 | 39.62 |
| 2018 | 39.46 |
| 2019 | 39.29 |
| 2020 | 39.08 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
