Census

Year of projection

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Headline data

Dependency ratios by sex

Source: BHAS

Unit of Measurement: %

Indicator available
Indicator description

The dependency ratio is defined as the ratio of the number of old people (aged 65 and over) compared to the number of people of working age (from 15 to 64).
Geographical coverage
Unit of measurement

%
Definitions
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Quality assurance
Comparability with international data/standards
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This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Dependency ratios by sex
Indicator number

2.1.6
Target name

Demographic data
Target number

2.1
Global indicator description
UN designated tier

1
UN custodian agency

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
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Organisation

BHAS
Periodicity
Earliest available data
Geographical coverage
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Next release
Statistical classification
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