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Age dependency ratio — Guyana

Age dependency ratio in Guyana in 2025 — 56 per 100. Ranked 117 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 44.5%.

2025 56 per 100 +0.08% vs 2024
World rank 117of 217
Period maximum 105.4 per 1001965
Period minimum 54 per 1002019

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Guyana, 1960–202540608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 101 per 1001962: 103.6 per 1001964: 105.2 per 1001966: 105.2 per 1001968: 103.5 per 1001970: 100.9 per 1001972: 98.5 per 1001974: 95.7 per 1001976: 92.6 per 1001978: 89.3 per 1001980: 86.2 per 1001982: 82 per 1001984: 77.5 per 1001986: 73.6 per 1001988: 70.7 per 1001990: 69 per 1001992: 68.1 per 1001994: 67.5 per 1001996: 67.4 per 1001998: 67.7 per 1002000: 67.9 per 1002002: 67.5 per 1002004: 66.1 per 1002006: 63.7 per 1002008: 61 per 1002010: 58.3 per 1002012: 56.2 per 1002014: 55.4 per 1002016: 55.3 per 1002018: 54.3 per 1002020: 55 per 1002022: 55.3 per 1002024: 56 per 1002025: 56 per 100
Change over the period: −45 (−44.52%) Average annual rate: -0.9 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Guyana 56 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Latin America & Caribbean 47.8 per 100
South America computed 46.8 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Guyana, by year Guyana All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 56 +0 +0.08%
2024 56 +0.2 +0.4%
2023 55.8 +0.4 +0.78%
2022 55.3 +0.2 +0.45%
2021 55.1 +0.1 +0.24%
2020 55 +1 +1.83%
2019 54 −0.3 −0.61%
2018 54.3 −1.1 −2.04%
2017 55.4 +0.2 +0.33%
2016 55.3 +0 +0.02%
2015 55.2 −0.2 −0.28%
2014 55.4 −0.3 −0.59%
2013 55.7 −0.5 −0.88%
2012 56.2 −0.9 −1.49%
2011 57.1 −1.2 −2.08%
2010 58.3 −1.3 −2.21%
2009 59.6 −1.4 −2.22%
2008 61 −1.4 −2.19%
2007 62.3 −1.4 −2.19%
2006 63.7 −1.3 −2%
2005 65 −1.1 −1.63%
2004 66.1 −0.8 −1.25%
2003 66.9 −0.6 −0.83%
2002 67.5 −0.3 −0.43%
2001 67.8 −0.1 −0.12%
2000 67.9 +0.1 +0.08%
1999 67.8 +0.1 +0.19%
1998 67.7 +0.1 +0.22%
1997 67.5 +0.1 +0.15%
1996 67.4 +0 +0.02%
1995 67.4 −0.1 −0.13%
1994 67.5 −0.2 −0.32%
1993 67.7 −0.3 −0.5%
1992 68.1 −0.4 −0.64%
1991 68.5 −0.5 −0.78%
1990 69 −0.7 −1.02%
1989 69.8 −1 −1.38%
1988 70.7 −1.3 −1.78%
1987 72 −1.6 −2.15%
1986 73.6 −1.9 −2.45%
1985 75.5 −2.1 −2.66%
1984 77.5 −2.2 −2.77%
1983 79.7 −2.3 −2.79%
1982 82 −2.3 −2.74%
1981 84.3 −1.9 −2.16%
1980 86.2 −1.5 −1.71%
1979 87.7 −1.6 −1.82%
1978 89.3 −1.6 −1.81%
1977 91 −1.6 −1.77%
1976 92.6 −1.6 −1.71%
1975 94.2 −1.5 −1.61%
1974 95.7 −1.4 −1.49%
1973 97.2 −1.3 −1.33%
1972 98.5 −1.2 −1.23%
1971 99.7 −1.2 −1.18%
1970 100.9 −1.3 −1.25%
1969 102.2 −1.3 −1.26%
1968 103.5 −1 −0.97%
1967 104.5 −0.7 −0.63%
1966 105.2 −0.2 −0.24%
1965 105.4 +0.2 +0.19%
1964 105.2 +0.6 +0.6%
1963 104.6 +1 +0.97%
1962 103.6 +1.3 +1.3%
1961 102.2 +1.2 +1.23%
1960 101 — —

South America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CO Colombia 43.3 BR Brazil 44.6 CL Chile 45.2 EC Ecuador 48.1 PE Peru 49.4 SR Suriname 50.4 AR Argentina 50.7 UY Uruguay 51.9 VE Venezuela 53.7 PY Paraguay 54.1 BO Bolivia 54.3 GY Guyana 56
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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.

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