Pakistan PK: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data was reported at 7.402 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 7.412 % for 2016. Pakistan PK: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data is updated yearly, averaging 7.387 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.657 % in 1960 and a record low of 7.080 % in 1970. Pakistan PK: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Old data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. 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.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

Pakistan PK: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population data was reported at 64.671 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 64.971 % for 2016. Pakistan PK: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population data is updated yearly, averaging 85.085 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 88.871 % in 1992 and a record low of 64.671 % in 2017. Pakistan PK: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. 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.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: this indicator implies the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. Many times single or widowed women who are the sole caregiver of a household have a high dependency ratio.