Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — El Salvador

Age dependency ratio in El Salvador in 2025 — 48.6 per 100. Ranked 59 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 49.1%.

2025 48.6 per 100 −1.18% vs 2024
World rank 59of 217
Period maximum 100.4 per 1001969
Period minimum 48.6 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — El Salvador, 1960–202540608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 95.4 per 1001962: 96.3 per 1001964: 97.4 per 1001966: 98.4 per 1001968: 99.8 per 1001970: 100.2 per 1001972: 98.6 per 1001974: 96.4 per 1001976: 93.9 per 1001978: 91 per 1001980: 88.3 per 1001982: 86.3 per 1001984: 84.1 per 1001986: 82 per 1001988: 80.6 per 1001990: 80.3 per 1001992: 80.1 per 1001994: 77.7 per 1001996: 74.8 per 1001998: 72.8 per 1002000: 71.7 per 1002002: 71 per 1002004: 70.1 per 1002006: 69.2 per 1002008: 66.7 per 1002010: 63.2 per 1002012: 59.9 per 1002014: 56.8 per 1002016: 54.4 per 1002018: 52.8 per 1002020: 51.6 per 1002022: 50.3 per 1002024: 49.2 per 1002025: 48.6 per 100
Change over the period: −46.8 (−49.06%) Average annual rate: -1.03 %

Comparison, 2025

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

El Salvador 48.6 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Central America computed 49.6 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 48.6 −0.6 −1.18%
2024 49.2 −0.6 −1.15%
2023 49.7 −0.6 −1.2%
2022 50.3 −0.6 −1.25%
2021 51 −0.7 −1.26%
2020 51.6 −0.6 −1.14%
2019 52.2 −0.6 −1.07%
2018 52.8 −0.7 −1.35%
2017 53.5 −0.9 −1.71%
2016 54.4 −1.1 −2.01%
2015 55.5 −1.3 −2.26%
2014 56.8 −1.5 −2.51%
2013 58.3 −1.6 −2.63%
2012 59.9 −1.6 −2.66%
2011 61.5 −1.7 −2.68%
2010 63.2 −1.7 −2.69%
2009 64.9 −1.7 −2.6%
2008 66.7 −1.6 −2.36%
2007 68.3 −1 −1.39%
2006 69.2 −0.4 −0.61%
2005 69.7 −0.4 −0.64%
2004 70.1 −0.5 −0.64%
2003 70.6 −0.4 −0.61%
2002 71 −0.4 −0.51%
2001 71.4 −0.3 −0.48%
2000 71.7 −0.4 −0.62%
1999 72.2 −0.7 −0.89%
1998 72.8 −0.9 −1.22%
1997 73.7 −1.1 −1.53%
1996 74.8 −1.3 −1.76%
1995 76.2 −1.5 −1.9%
1994 77.7 −1.5 −1.95%
1993 79.2 −0.9 −1.13%
1992 80.1 −0.1 −0.17%
1991 80.2 −0.1 −0.11%
1990 80.3 −0.1 −0.15%
1989 80.5 −0.1 −0.16%
1988 80.6 −0.5 −0.63%
1987 81.1 −0.9 −1.15%
1986 82 −1 −1.17%
1985 83 −1.1 −1.25%
1984 84.1 −1.1 −1.34%
1983 85.2 −1.1 −1.22%
1982 86.3 −1 −1.16%
1981 87.3 −1 −1.11%
1980 88.3 −1.2 −1.37%
1979 89.5 −1.5 −1.65%
1978 91 −1.5 −1.61%
1977 92.5 −1.4 −1.48%
1976 93.9 −1.3 −1.36%
1975 95.2 −1.2 −1.28%
1974 96.4 −1.2 −1.19%
1973 97.6 −1 −1.05%
1972 98.6 −0.9 −0.87%
1971 99.5 −0.8 −0.76%
1970 100.2 −0.1 −0.14%
1969 100.4 +0.6 +0.57%
1968 99.8 +0.7 +0.69%
1967 99.1 +0.7 +0.69%
1966 98.4 +0.6 +0.58%
1965 97.9 +0.5 +0.48%
1964 97.4 +0.5 +0.56%
1963 96.9 +0.6 +0.6%
1962 96.3 +0.5 +0.5%
1961 95.8 +0.4 +0.47%
1960 95.4

Central America, 2025

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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.