Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Bhutan

Age dependency ratio in Bhutan in 2025 — 37 per 100. Ranked 11 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 54.2%.

2025 37 per 100 −2.07% vs 2024
World rank 11of 217
Period maximum 84.5 per 1001987
Period minimum 37 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Bhutan, 1960–20252040608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 80.8 per 1001962: 79.7 per 1001964: 79.1 per 1001966: 78.9 per 1001968: 79 per 1001970: 79.3 per 1001972: 79.8 per 1001974: 80.5 per 1001976: 81.2 per 1001978: 82.1 per 1001980: 82.9 per 1001982: 83.6 per 1001984: 84.2 per 1001986: 84.5 per 1001988: 84.5 per 1001990: 84.3 per 1001992: 83.8 per 1001994: 82.4 per 1001996: 80.2 per 1001998: 77.2 per 1002000: 73.5 per 1002002: 68.9 per 1002004: 63.6 per 1002006: 59.1 per 1002008: 55.6 per 1002010: 52.8 per 1002012: 50.6 per 1002014: 49.1 per 1002016: 47.5 per 1002018: 44.7 per 1002020: 41.6 per 1002022: 39.4 per 1002024: 37.7 per 1002025: 37 per 100
Change over the period: −43.8 (−54.25%) Average annual rate: -1.2 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Bhutan 37 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
South Asia 47 per 100
Southern Asia computed 50.2 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 37 −0.8 −2.07%
2024 37.7 −0.8 −2.11%
2023 38.6 −0.9 −2.23%
2022 39.4 −1 −2.48%
2021 40.4 −1.2 −2.84%
2020 41.6 −1.4 −3.29%
2019 43 −1.6 −3.6%
2018 44.7 −1.7 −3.6%
2017 46.3 −1.2 −2.59%
2016 47.5 −0.8 −1.64%
2015 48.3 −0.8 −1.57%
2014 49.1 −0.7 −1.45%
2013 49.8 −0.8 −1.55%
2012 50.6 −1 −1.87%
2011 51.6 −1.2 −2.21%
2010 52.8 −1.3 −2.49%
2009 54.1 −1.5 −2.75%
2008 55.6 −1.7 −2.95%
2007 57.3 −1.8 −2.99%
2006 59.1 −2 −3.25%
2005 61.1 −2.5 −3.92%
2004 63.6 −2.7 −4.12%
2003 66.3 −2.6 −3.74%
2002 68.9 −2.4 −3.37%
2001 71.3 −2.2 −2.99%
2000 73.5 −1.9 −2.58%
1999 75.4 −1.8 −2.31%
1998 77.2 −1.6 −2.07%
1997 78.8 −1.4 −1.73%
1996 80.2 −1.2 −1.47%
1995 81.4 −1 −1.19%
1994 82.4 −0.8 −0.92%
1993 83.2 −0.6 −0.71%
1992 83.8 −0.4 −0.43%
1991 84.1 −0.2 −0.19%
1990 84.3 −0.1 −0.13%
1989 84.4 −0.1 −0.13%
1988 84.5 −0 −0.03%
1987 84.5 +0 +0.06%
1986 84.5 +0.1 +0.13%
1985 84.4 +0.2 +0.21%
1984 84.2 +0.2 +0.29%
1983 83.9 +0.3 +0.38%
1982 83.6 +0.4 +0.45%
1981 83.3 +0.4 +0.48%
1980 82.9 +0.4 +0.49%
1979 82.5 +0.4 +0.49%
1978 82.1 +0.4 +0.49%
1977 81.7 +0.4 +0.51%
1976 81.2 +0.4 +0.5%
1975 80.8 +0.4 +0.47%
1974 80.5 +0.4 +0.44%
1973 80.1 +0.3 +0.4%
1972 79.8 +0.3 +0.34%
1971 79.5 +0.2 +0.28%
1970 79.3 +0.2 +0.21%
1969 79.1 +0.1 +0.15%
1968 79 +0.1 +0.11%
1967 78.9 +0 +0.04%
1966 78.9 −0 −0.02%
1965 78.9 −0.2 −0.21%
1964 79.1 −0.2 −0.27%
1963 79.3 −0.4 −0.49%
1962 79.7 −0.6 −0.76%
1961 80.3 −0.5 −0.63%
1960 80.8

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.