A high dependency ratio indicates that the economically active population and the overall economy face a greater burden to support and provide the social services needed by children and by older persons who are often economically dependent. un.org/esa/sustdev/na…
Saskatchewan's population has the highest dependency ratio of any province in Canada. 
The current Saskatchewan government is failing to deal with the implication of this demographic reality. Our death rate from COVID, which predominately affects the elderly, is at the top of the charts...so is the rate of child poverty in the province. #skpoli
This ratio is the number of very young (less than 15) and very old people (65+) expressed as a percentage of the working age population (15-64).
This ratio is the number of very young (less than 15) and very old people (65+) expressed as a percentage of the working age population (15-64).
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