Yemen - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Yemen was 71.71 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 117.88 in 1990 and 71.71 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 | 84.20 |
| 1961 | 85.04 |
| 1962 | 85.21 |
| 1963 | 84.99 |
| 1964 | 84.81 |
| 1965 | 84.86 |
| 1966 | 86.47 |
| 1967 | 88.25 |
| 1968 | 90.12 |
| 1969 | 91.92 |
| 1970 | 93.52 |
| 1971 | 96.45 |
| 1972 | 99.07 |
| 1973 | 101.46 |
| 1974 | 103.74 |
| 1975 | 105.96 |
| 1976 | 107.55 |
| 1977 | 108.76 |
| 1978 | 109.68 |
| 1979 | 110.40 |
| 1980 | 111.01 |
| 1981 | 112.00 |
| 1982 | 112.84 |
| 1983 | 113.56 |
| 1984 | 114.14 |
| 1985 | 114.59 |
| 1986 | 115.68 |
| 1987 | 116.43 |
| 1988 | 116.96 |
| 1989 | 117.43 |
| 1990 | 117.88 |
| 1991 | 117.47 |
| 1992 | 117.13 |
| 1993 | 116.67 |
| 1994 | 115.84 |
| 1995 | 114.50 |
| 1996 | 114.20 |
| 1997 | 113.04 |
| 1998 | 111.27 |
| 1999 | 109.23 |
| 2000 | 107.11 |
| 2001 | 104.62 |
| 2002 | 102.38 |
| 2003 | 100.17 |
| 2004 | 97.73 |
| 2005 | 95.02 |
| 2006 | 92.65 |
| 2007 | 90.00 |
| 2008 | 87.32 |
| 2009 | 84.92 |
| 2010 | 82.94 |
| 2011 | 81.41 |
| 2012 | 80.17 |
| 2013 | 79.11 |
| 2014 | 78.07 |
| 2015 | 76.95 |
| 2016 | 76.02 |
| 2017 | 74.99 |
| 2018 | 73.89 |
| 2019 | 72.79 |
| 2020 | 71.71 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Yemen was 5.03 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.83 in 1960 and a minimum value of 4.87 in 2010.
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 | 6.83 |
| 1961 | 6.83 |
| 1962 | 6.80 |
| 1963 | 6.75 |
| 1964 | 6.67 |
| 1965 | 6.58 |
| 1966 | 6.63 |
| 1967 | 6.66 |
| 1968 | 6.66 |
| 1969 | 6.64 |
| 1970 | 6.59 |
| 1971 | 6.68 |
| 1972 | 6.73 |
| 1973 | 6.75 |
| 1974 | 6.75 |
| 1975 | 6.71 |
| 1976 | 6.69 |
| 1977 | 6.65 |
| 1978 | 6.59 |
| 1979 | 6.49 |
| 1980 | 6.38 |
| 1981 | 6.34 |
| 1982 | 6.27 |
| 1983 | 6.18 |
| 1984 | 6.07 |
| 1985 | 5.95 |
| 1986 | 5.90 |
| 1987 | 5.82 |
| 1988 | 5.73 |
| 1989 | 5.62 |
| 1990 | 5.51 |
| 1991 | 5.69 |
| 1992 | 5.88 |
| 1993 | 6.09 |
| 1994 | 6.31 |
| 1995 | 6.55 |
| 1996 | 6.42 |
| 1997 | 6.27 |
| 1998 | 6.11 |
| 1999 | 5.94 |
| 2000 | 5.77 |
| 2001 | 5.66 |
| 2002 | 5.55 |
| 2003 | 5.44 |
| 2004 | 5.32 |
| 2005 | 5.20 |
| 2006 | 5.13 |
| 2007 | 5.05 |
| 2008 | 4.97 |
| 2009 | 4.91 |
| 2010 | 4.87 |
| 2011 | 4.88 |
| 2012 | 4.90 |
| 2013 | 4.92 |
| 2014 | 4.94 |
| 2015 | 4.95 |
| 2016 | 4.97 |
| 2017 | 4.99 |
| 2018 | 5.00 |
| 2019 | 5.01 |
| 2020 | 5.03 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Yemen was 66.68 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 112.37 in 1990 and a minimum value of 66.68 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 | 77.38 |
| 1961 | 78.21 |
| 1962 | 78.41 |
| 1963 | 78.25 |
| 1964 | 78.13 |
| 1965 | 78.28 |
| 1966 | 79.84 |
| 1967 | 81.59 |
| 1968 | 83.46 |
| 1969 | 85.27 |
| 1970 | 86.93 |
| 1971 | 89.78 |
| 1972 | 92.34 |
| 1973 | 94.70 |
| 1974 | 96.99 |
| 1975 | 99.26 |
| 1976 | 100.86 |
| 1977 | 102.11 |
| 1978 | 103.09 |
| 1979 | 103.91 |
| 1980 | 104.63 |
| 1981 | 105.66 |
| 1982 | 106.58 |
| 1983 | 107.38 |
| 1984 | 108.06 |
| 1985 | 108.63 |
| 1986 | 109.78 |
| 1987 | 110.61 |
| 1988 | 111.24 |
| 1989 | 111.80 |
| 1990 | 112.37 |
| 1991 | 111.78 |
| 1992 | 111.25 |
| 1993 | 110.58 |
| 1994 | 109.52 |
| 1995 | 107.95 |
| 1996 | 107.79 |
| 1997 | 106.77 |
| 1998 | 105.16 |
| 1999 | 103.29 |
| 2000 | 101.34 |
| 2001 | 98.96 |
| 2002 | 96.83 |
| 2003 | 94.73 |
| 2004 | 92.41 |
| 2005 | 89.82 |
| 2006 | 87.52 |
| 2007 | 84.95 |
| 2008 | 82.34 |
| 2009 | 80.01 |
| 2010 | 78.06 |
| 2011 | 76.53 |
| 2012 | 75.27 |
| 2013 | 74.19 |
| 2014 | 73.13 |
| 2015 | 72.01 |
| 2016 | 71.05 |
| 2017 | 70.00 |
| 2018 | 68.88 |
| 2019 | 67.77 |
| 2020 | 66.68 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
