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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

Worldbank Indicator - SP.POP.DPND

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Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

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.

  • Worldbank Indicators: SP.POP.DPND
  • World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.