Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — BRICS

Age dependency ratio in BRICS in 2025 — 45.3 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 41.6%.

2025 45.3 per 100 −0.91% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 80.7 per 1001966
Period minimum 45.3 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — BRICS, 1960–202540506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 77.5 per 1001962: 77.8 per 1001964: 80.2 per 1001966: 80.7 per 1001968: 79.9 per 1001970: 79.3 per 1001972: 78.4 per 1001974: 77.7 per 1001976: 77.6 per 1001978: 74.8 per 1001980: 71.3 per 1001982: 68.8 per 1001984: 66.4 per 1001986: 64.3 per 1001988: 63 per 1001990: 62.2 per 1001992: 61.4 per 1001994: 60.5 per 1001996: 59 per 1001998: 57 per 1002000: 55 per 1002002: 52.8 per 1002004: 50.7 per 1002006: 48.7 per 1002008: 47.5 per 1002010: 46.5 per 1002012: 46 per 1002014: 45.8 per 1002016: 45.9 per 1002018: 46.3 per 1002020: 46.4 per 1002022: 46.2 per 1002024: 45.7 per 1002025: 45.3 per 100
Change over the period: −32.2 (−41.57%) Average annual rate: -0.82 %

Comparison, 2025

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

BRICS 45.3 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 45.3 −0.4 −0.91%
2024 45.7 −0.3 −0.73%
2023 46 −0.2 −0.34%
2022 46.2 −0.1 −0.29%
2021 46.3 −0.1 −0.26%
2020 46.4 +0 +0.1%
2019 46.4 +0.1 +0.26%
2018 46.3 +0.2 +0.37%
2017 46.1 +0.2 +0.38%
2016 45.9 +0.1 +0.18%
2015 45.8 +0 +0.05%
2014 45.8 −0 −0.11%
2013 45.9 −0.1 −0.27%
2012 46 −0.2 −0.44%
2011 46.2 −0.3 −0.72%
2010 46.5 −0.4 −0.91%
2009 47 −0.5 −1.04%
2008 47.5 −0.6 −1.19%
2007 48 −0.7 −1.37%
2006 48.7 −0.9 −1.8%
2005 49.6 −1.1 −2.12%
2004 50.7 −1.1 −2.07%
2003 51.7 −1.1 −2.08%
2002 52.8 −1.1 −2.11%
2001 54 −1.1 −1.94%
2000 55 −1 −1.81%
1999 56.1 −1 −1.71%
1998 57 −1 −1.73%
1997 58 −1 −1.64%
1996 59 −0.8 −1.33%
1995 59.8 −0.7 −1.1%
1994 60.5 −0.5 −0.87%
1993 61 −0.4 −0.7%
1992 61.4 −0.4 −0.68%
1991 61.8 −0.3 −0.53%
1990 62.2 −0.3 −0.49%
1989 62.5 −0.5 −0.8%
1988 63 −0.6 −0.98%
1987 63.6 −0.7 −1.12%
1986 64.3 −0.9 −1.45%
1985 65.3 −1.1 −1.7%
1984 66.4 −1.3 −1.89%
1983 67.7 −1.1 −1.66%
1982 68.8 −1.1 −1.56%
1981 69.9 −1.4 −1.95%
1980 71.3 −1.5 −2.11%
1979 72.8 −1.9 −2.57%
1978 74.8 −1.9 −2.53%
1977 76.7 −0.9 −1.12%
1976 77.6 −0.1 −0.16%
1975 77.7 −0 −0.06%
1974 77.7 −0.1 −0.16%
1973 77.9 −0.5 −0.67%
1972 78.4 −0.5 −0.66%
1971 78.9 −0.4 −0.46%
1970 79.3 −0.4 −0.51%
1969 79.7 −0.2 −0.25%
1968 79.9 −0.4 −0.51%
1967 80.3 −0.4 −0.49%
1966 80.7 +0.1 +0.13%
1965 80.6 +0.4 +0.52%
1964 80.2 +1.1 +1.38%
1963 79.1 +1.3 +1.68%
1962 77.8 +0.4 +0.54%
1961 77.4 −0.1 −0.17%
1960 77.5

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.