{
 "code": "LK.POP.WDI.SP_POP_DPND_YG.A",
 "name": "Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) (modelled estimate) (World Bank WDI)",
 "unit": "Per cent",
 "frequency": "Annual",
 "base_year": null,
 "producer": "World Bank",
 "publisher": "World Bank",
 "source_url": "https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka",
 "latest_vintage": "2026-10-08",
 "page": "/data/series/LK.POP.WDI.SP_POP_DPND_YG.A/",
 "notice": "Compiled by Macro Lab; not an official publication of the source agency. Provided as is, without warranty of any kind. Not investment advice.",
 "licence": "Source: The World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "observations": [
  {"period": "1960", "value": 74.73, "status": null},
  {"period": "1961", "value": 74.51, "status": null},
  {"period": "1962", "value": 74.03, "status": null},
  {"period": "1963", "value": 73.479013, "status": null},
  {"period": "1964", "value": 73.11, "status": null},
  {"period": "1965", "value": 72.85, "status": null},
  {"period": "1966", "value": 72.50, "status": null},
  {"period": "1967", "value": 72.059987, "status": null},
  {"period": "1968", "value": 71.56, "status": null},
  {"period": "1969", "value": 70.98, "status": null},
  {"period": "1970", "value": 70.34, "status": null},
  {"period": "1971", "value": 69.66, "status": null},
  {"period": "1972", "value": 68.860656, "status": null},
  {"period": "1973", "value": 67.87, "status": null},
  {"period": "1974", "value": 66.72, "status": null},
  {"period": "1975", "value": 65.55, "status": null},
  {"period": "1976", "value": 64.51, "status": null},
  {"period": "1977", "value": 63.59962, "status": null},
  {"period": "1978", "value": 62.82, "status": null},
  {"period": "1979", "value": 62.19, "status": null},
  {"period": "1980", "value": 61.63, "status": null},
  {"period": "1981", "value": 61.13, "status": null},
  {"period": "1982", "value": 60.67, "status": null},
  {"period": "1983", "value": 60.17, "status": null},
  {"period": "1984", "value": 59.68, "status": null},
  {"period": "1985", "value": 58.82, "status": null},
  {"period": "1986", "value": 57.47, "status": null},
  {"period": "1987", "value": 56.08, "status": null},
  {"period": "1988", "value": 54.79, "status": null},
  {"period": "1989", "value": 53.565331, "status": null},
  {"period": "1990", "value": 52.64, "status": null},
  {"period": "1991", "value": 51.56, "status": null},
  {"period": "1992", "value": 49.97, "status": null},
  {"period": "1993", "value": 48.25, "status": null},
  {"period": "1994", "value": 46.58, "status": null},
  {"period": "1995", "value": 45.11, "status": null},
  {"period": "1996", "value": 43.89, "status": null},
  {"period": "1997", "value": 42.87, "status": null},
  {"period": "1998", "value": 42.04, "status": null},
  {"period": "1999", "value": 41.24, "status": null},
  {"period": "2000", "value": 40.43, "status": null},
  {"period": "2001", "value": 39.68, "status": null},
  {"period": "2002", "value": 39.11, "status": null},
  {"period": "2003", "value": 38.72, "status": null},
  {"period": "2004", "value": 38.440963, "status": null},
  {"period": "2005", "value": 38.25, "status": null},
  {"period": "2006", "value": 38.13, "status": null},
  {"period": "2007", "value": 38.04, "status": null},
  {"period": "2008", "value": 37.97, "status": null},
  {"period": "2009", "value": 37.92, "status": null},
  {"period": "2010", "value": 37.85, "status": null},
  {"period": "2011", "value": 37.78, "status": null},
  {"period": "2012", "value": 37.66339, "status": null},
  {"period": "2013", "value": 37.53, "status": null},
  {"period": "2014", "value": 37.41, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015", "value": 37.23, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016", "value": 36.99, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017", "value": 36.67, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018", "value": 36.29, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019", "value": 35.86, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020", "value": 35.39, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021", "value": 34.905311, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022", "value": 34.42, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023", "value": 33.93, "status": null},
  {"period": "2024", "value": 33.45, "status": null},
  {"period": "2025", "value": 32.97, "status": null}
 ]
}