{"id":4177,"date":"2025-12-28T00:57:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T00:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/statistics.caricom.org\/?post_type=country_data&#038;p=4177"},"modified":"2025-12-31T14:29:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:29:37","slug":"dependency-ratios-by-country-2020-census-round","status":"publish","type":"country_data","link":"https:\/\/statistics.caricom.org\/?country_data=dependency-ratios-by-country-2020-census-round","title":{"rendered":"Dependency Ratios by Country-(2020 Census Round)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-64fa0ecc-33fe-40a0-a6b1-be9a3deb1149\" href=\"https:\/\/statistics.caricom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dependency-Ratios-by-Country.xlsx\">Dependency Ratios by Country<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/statistics.caricom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dependency-Ratios-by-Country.xlsx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-64fa0ecc-33fe-40a0-a6b1-be9a3deb1149\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Indicator Name (s):<\/strong> Dependency Ratios<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Definition<\/strong>s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Total Dependency: The dependency ratio measures the proportion of dependents (people typically not in the labor force) relative to the working-age population. It indicates the economic pressure on the productive population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Youth Dependency: The youth dependency ratio measures the number of children and adolescents (typically ages 0\u201314) relative to the working-age population (ages 15\u201364). It reflects the burden of supporting young dependents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Old-Age Dependency: The old-age dependency ratio measures the number of older persons (typically ages 65 and above) relative to the working-age population (ages 15\u201364). It reflects the potential economic burden of supporting the elderly population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aged to Child: The aged-to-child ratio measures the number of older persons relative to the number of children in the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Unit of Measurement:<\/strong><br>Number of dependents per 100 working-age people<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Indicators:<\/strong> Life expectancy, Median Age<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","country":[151],"data_categories":[82,84],"class_list":["post-4177","country_data","type-country_data","status-publish","hentry","country-caricom","data_categories-1-demographic-and-social-statistics","data_categories-population"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/statistics.caricom.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/country_data\/4177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/statistics.caricom.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/country_data"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/statistics.caricom.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/country_data"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/statistics.caricom.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/statistics.caricom.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcountry&post=4177"},{"taxonomy":"data_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/statistics.caricom.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdata_categories&post=4177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}