Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — East Asia & Pacific

Age dependency ratio in East Asia & Pacific in 2025 — 46.2 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 40.5%.

2025 46.2 per 100 −0.92% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 80.2 per 1001966
Period minimum 42.5 per 1002011

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — East Asia & Pacific, 1960–202540506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 77.8 per 1001962: 77.1 per 1001964: 79.6 per 1001966: 80.2 per 1001968: 79.5 per 1001970: 78.9 per 1001972: 78 per 1001974: 77.4 per 1001976: 77.3 per 1001978: 73.5 per 1001980: 68.7 per 1001982: 65.3 per 1001984: 61.6 per 1001986: 58.4 per 1001988: 56.3 per 1001990: 55.2 per 1001992: 54.5 per 1001994: 53.7 per 1001996: 52.5 per 1001998: 50.9 per 1002000: 49.4 per 1002002: 47.4 per 1002004: 45.4 per 1002006: 43.6 per 1002008: 42.9 per 1002010: 42.5 per 1002012: 42.7 per 1002014: 43.4 per 1002016: 44.4 per 1002018: 45.7 per 1002020: 46.7 per 1002022: 47 per 1002024: 46.7 per 1002025: 46.2 per 100
Change over the period: −31.5 (−40.55%) Average annual rate: -0.8 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 46.2 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 46.2 −0.4 −0.92%
2024 46.7 −0.3 −0.64%
2023 47 −0 −0.08%
2022 47 +0.1 +0.2%
2021 46.9 +0.2 +0.45%
2020 46.7 +0.4 +0.92%
2019 46.3 +0.5 +1.14%
2018 45.7 +0.6 +1.43%
2017 45.1 +0.7 +1.51%
2016 44.4 +0.5 +1.18%
2015 43.9 +0.5 +1.08%
2014 43.4 +0.4 +0.98%
2013 43 +0.3 +0.78%
2012 42.7 +0.2 +0.45%
2011 42.5 −0 −0.04%
2010 42.5 −0.1 −0.35%
2009 42.7 −0.2 −0.5%
2008 42.9 −0.3 −0.7%
2007 43.2 −0.4 −0.99%
2006 43.6 −0.8 −1.71%
2005 44.4 −1 −2.26%
2004 45.4 −1 −2.18%
2003 46.4 −1 −2.2%
2002 47.4 −1 −2.14%
2001 48.5 −0.9 −1.8%
2000 49.4 −0.8 −1.59%
1999 50.2 −0.7 −1.44%
1998 50.9 −0.8 −1.54%
1997 51.7 −0.8 −1.58%
1996 52.5 −0.7 −1.22%
1995 53.2 −0.5 −0.99%
1994 53.7 −0.4 −0.8%
1993 54.1 −0.4 −0.67%
1992 54.5 −0.4 −0.73%
1991 54.9 −0.3 −0.57%
1990 55.2 −0.4 −0.63%
1989 55.6 −0.7 −1.28%
1988 56.3 −1 −1.68%
1987 57.3 −1.1 −1.94%
1986 58.4 −1.5 −2.46%
1985 59.9 −1.7 −2.81%
1984 61.6 −1.9 −3.06%
1983 63.5 −1.7 −2.64%
1982 65.3 −1.5 −2.28%
1981 66.8 −1.9 −2.8%
1980 68.7 −2.2 −3.06%
1979 70.9 −2.7 −3.62%
1978 73.5 −2.6 −3.47%
1977 76.2 −1.1 −1.46%
1976 77.3 −0.1 −0.11%
1975 77.4 +0 +0.04%
1974 77.4 −0.1 −0.07%
1973 77.4 −0.6 −0.74%
1972 78 −0.6 −0.73%
1971 78.6 −0.4 −0.45%
1970 78.9 −0.4 −0.5%
1969 79.3 −0.2 −0.26%
1968 79.5 −0.4 −0.45%
1967 79.9 −0.4 −0.44%
1966 80.2 +0.2 +0.22%
1965 80.1 +0.5 +0.62%
1964 79.6 +1.2 +1.48%
1963 78.4 +1.3 +1.72%
1962 77.1 +0.1 +0.08%
1961 77 −0.7 −0.93%
1960 77.8

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.