Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Barbados

Age dependency ratio in Barbados in 2025 — 51.9 per 100. Ranked 76 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 27.7%.

2025 51.9 per 100 +1.61% vs 2024
World rank 76of 217
Period maximum 72.5 per 1001967
Period minimum 46.6 per 1002008

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Barbados, 1960–2025405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 71.7 per 1001962: 71.5 per 1001964: 71.8 per 1001966: 72.5 per 1001968: 72.2 per 1001970: 71.1 per 1001972: 69.9 per 1001974: 67.8 per 1001976: 64.3 per 1001978: 60.5 per 1001980: 56.5 per 1001982: 54.3 per 1001984: 53.8 per 1001986: 54 per 1001988: 54 per 1001990: 53.9 per 1001992: 52.5 per 1001994: 51.7 per 1001996: 51.2 per 1001998: 50.4 per 1002000: 49.6 per 1002002: 49 per 1002004: 48.3 per 1002006: 47.2 per 1002008: 46.6 per 1002010: 47 per 1002012: 47.1 per 1002014: 47.2 per 1002016: 47.3 per 1002018: 47.8 per 1002020: 48.9 per 1002022: 50.2 per 1002024: 51 per 1002025: 51.9 per 100
Change over the period: −19.8 (−27.67%) Average annual rate: -0.5 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Barbados

Barbados 51.9 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Caribbean computed 50.7 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 51.9 +0.8 +1.61%
2024 51 +0.5 +0.95%
2023 50.6 +0.4 +0.7%
2022 50.2 +0.6 +1.19%
2021 49.6 +0.7 +1.5%
2020 48.9 +0.7 +1.36%
2019 48.2 +0.5 +0.99%
2018 47.8 +0.3 +0.67%
2017 47.4 +0.1 +0.29%
2016 47.3 +0 +0.03%
2015 47.3 +0.1 +0.12%
2014 47.2 +0.1 +0.17%
2013 47.2 +0.1 +0.14%
2012 47.1 +0 +0.1%
2011 47 +0 +0.06%
2010 47 +0.2 +0.33%
2009 46.9 +0.2 +0.46%
2008 46.6 −0.1 −0.2%
2007 46.7 −0.5 −1.02%
2006 47.2 −0.6 −1.26%
2005 47.8 −0.5 −1.09%
2004 48.3 −0.4 −0.84%
2003 48.8 −0.2 −0.5%
2002 49 −0.2 −0.44%
2001 49.2 −0.4 −0.8%
2000 49.6 −0.4 −0.83%
1999 50 −0.4 −0.8%
1998 50.4 −0.4 −0.82%
1997 50.8 −0.4 −0.69%
1996 51.2 −0.3 −0.55%
1995 51.5 −0.3 −0.5%
1994 51.7 −0.3 −0.65%
1993 52.1 −0.4 −0.85%
1992 52.5 −0.6 −1.11%
1991 53.1 −0.8 −1.45%
1990 53.9 −0.3 −0.57%
1989 54.2 +0.2 +0.37%
1988 54 +0.1 +0.1%
1987 54 −0 −0.05%
1986 54 +0.1 +0.11%
1985 53.9 +0.1 +0.14%
1984 53.8 −0.2 −0.29%
1983 54 −0.3 −0.61%
1982 54.3 −0.8 −1.45%
1981 55.1 −1.4 −2.44%
1980 56.5 −1.8 −3.11%
1979 58.3 −2.2 −3.62%
1978 60.5 −2.1 −3.33%
1977 62.6 −1.7 −2.57%
1976 64.3 −1.8 −2.75%
1975 66.1 −1.8 −2.61%
1974 67.8 −1.1 −1.64%
1973 69 −0.9 −1.28%
1972 69.9 −0.6 −0.85%
1971 70.5 −0.6 −0.87%
1970 71.1 −0.7 −0.97%
1969 71.8 −0.4 −0.57%
1968 72.2 −0.3 −0.4%
1967 72.5 +0 +0.03%
1966 72.5 +0.3 +0.48%
1965 72.1 +0.3 +0.47%
1964 71.8 +0.2 +0.32%
1963 71.5 +0.1 +0.09%
1962 71.5 −0.2 −0.24%
1961 71.7 −0 −0.06%
1960 71.7

About the indicator

The ratio of people younger than 15 and older than 64 to the population aged 15–64, per 100 people. It shows how many dependents there are for every 100 people of working age. The minimum of the ratio is the so-called demographic window, when children have already grown up but the population has not yet aged; it was in that period that the economic surges of East Asia took place.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.