Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Faroe Islands

Age dependency ratio in the Faroe Islands in 2025 — 60.4 per 100. Ranked 148 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 12.3%.

2025 60.4 per 100 −0.22% vs 2024
World rank 148of 217
Period maximum 68.9 per 1001960
Period minimum 56.3 per 1002007

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Faroe Islands, 1960–20255560657019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 68.9 per 1001962: 67.7 per 1001964: 67 per 1001966: 67 per 1001968: 67.3 per 1001970: 67.5 per 1001972: 66.4 per 1001974: 65.6 per 1001976: 64.9 per 1001978: 63.5 per 1001980: 61.9 per 1001982: 60.1 per 1001984: 58.4 per 1001986: 57.4 per 1001988: 56.6 per 1001990: 56.9 per 1001992: 58.6 per 1001994: 60.1 per 1001996: 59.9 per 1001998: 59.8 per 1002000: 59.5 per 1002002: 58.7 per 1002004: 57.6 per 1002006: 56.3 per 1002008: 56.7 per 1002010: 57.6 per 1002012: 58.6 per 1002014: 60.5 per 1002016: 61.5 per 1002018: 62.2 per 1002020: 62.4 per 1002022: 61.9 per 1002024: 60.5 per 1002025: 60.4 per 100
Change over the period: −8.5 (−12.34%) Average annual rate: -0.2 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Faroe Islands 60.4 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 55.7 per 100
Northern Europe computed 57.8 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Faroe Islands, by year Faroe Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 60.4 −0.1 −0.22%
2024 60.5 −0.5 −0.76%
2023 61 −0.9 −1.45%
2022 61.9 −0.6 −0.98%
2021 62.5 +0.1 +0.1%
2020 62.4 +0.2 +0.32%
2019 62.2 +0 +0.06%
2018 62.2 +0.2 +0.37%
2017 62 +0.5 +0.8%
2016 61.5 +0.3 +0.48%
2015 61.2 +0.7 +1.08%
2014 60.5 +1.2 +1.94%
2013 59.4 +0.8 +1.37%
2012 58.6 +0.6 +1.01%
2011 58 +0.4 +0.66%
2010 57.6 +0.3 +0.55%
2009 57.3 +0.6 +0.99%
2008 56.7 +0.5 +0.83%
2007 56.3 −0 −0.07%
2006 56.3 −0.5 −0.84%
2005 56.8 −0.8 −1.35%
2004 57.6 −0.8 −1.29%
2003 58.3 −0.4 −0.67%
2002 58.7 −0.4 −0.61%
2001 59.1 −0.4 −0.7%
2000 59.5 −0.3 −0.45%
1999 59.7 −0.1 −0.13%
1998 59.8 +0 +0.05%
1997 59.8 −0.1 −0.18%
1996 59.9 −0.2 −0.4%
1995 60.1 +0.1 +0.11%
1994 60.1 +0.6 +0.97%
1993 59.5 +0.9 +1.48%
1992 58.6 +0.9 +1.59%
1991 57.7 +0.9 +1.51%
1990 56.9 +0.4 +0.7%
1989 56.5 −0.1 −0.26%
1988 56.6 −0.4 −0.62%
1987 57 −0.4 −0.75%
1986 57.4 −0.4 −0.75%
1985 57.8 −0.5 −0.91%
1984 58.4 −0.8 −1.32%
1983 59.1 −0.9 −1.54%
1982 60.1 −0.9 −1.52%
1981 61 −0.9 −1.43%
1980 61.9 −0.8 −1.32%
1979 62.7 −0.8 −1.32%
1978 63.5 −0.8 −1.26%
1977 64.4 −0.6 −0.88%
1976 64.9 −0.3 −0.52%
1975 65.3 −0.3 −0.45%
1974 65.6 −0.4 −0.56%
1973 65.9 −0.5 −0.74%
1972 66.4 −0.6 −0.93%
1971 67 −0.5 −0.74%
1970 67.5 −0 −0.03%
1969 67.6 +0.3 +0.37%
1968 67.3 +0.2 +0.3%
1967 67.1 +0.1 +0.1%
1966 67 +0 +0.04%
1965 67 −0 −0.06%
1964 67 −0.3 −0.4%
1963 67.3 −0.4 −0.61%
1962 67.7 −0.6 −0.84%
1961 68.3 −0.6 −0.86%
1960 68.9

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.