Population & Society

The share of adults who have completed at least primary education varies sharply across countries. World Bank World Development Indicators

A single “dependency ratio” can hide two very different demographic stories. World Bank indicator SP.POP.DPND, Age dependency ratio (% of

What share of adults age 25 and older have attained or completed a doctoral-level qualification? This article uses World Bank

How many people age 65 or older are there for every 100 people in the conventional working-age group? World Bank

What share of adults have reached at least the bachelor’s level of education? The answer varies widely across countries. This

The young age dependency ratio shows how many people under age 15 there are for every 100 people ages 15–64.

World Bank indicator SE.TER.CUAT.MS.ZS provides latest non-null observations for 170 countries and separately reported economies, but the reference years span

The share of young people who are simultaneously outside education, employment and training varies widely across countries. Restricting World Bank

The World Bank has latest non-null observations for 186 countries and separately reported economies for indicator SE.SEC.CUAT.PO.ZS, but the reference