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Age dependency ratio — High-income countries

Age dependency ratio in high-income countries in 2025 — 55.6 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 6.9%.

2025 55.6 per 100 +0.83% vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 60.2 per 1001961
Period minimum 47.6 per 1002007

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — High-income countries, 1960–2025455055606519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 59.7 per 1001962: 60.1 per 1001964: 59.5 per 1001966: 59 per 1001968: 58.5 per 1001970: 57.6 per 1001972: 56.7 per 1001974: 55.7 per 1001976: 54.6 per 1001978: 53.6 per 1001980: 52.7 per 1001982: 51.5 per 1001984: 50.4 per 1001986: 49.8 per 1001988: 49.6 per 1001990: 49.6 per 1001992: 49.6 per 1001994: 49.6 per 1001996: 49.3 per 1001998: 48.8 per 1002000: 48.3 per 1002002: 47.9 per 1002004: 47.7 per 1002006: 47.6 per 1002008: 47.6 per 1002010: 47.8 per 1002012: 48.7 per 1002014: 50.1 per 1002016: 51.3 per 1002018: 52.6 per 1002020: 53.6 per 1002022: 54.4 per 1002024: 55.1 per 1002025: 55.6 per 100
Change over the period: −4.1 (−6.91%) Average annual rate: -0.11 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries

High-income countries 55.6 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — High-income countries, by year High-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 55.6 +0.5 +0.83%
2024 55.1 +0.4 +0.73%
2023 54.7 +0.3 +0.59%
2022 54.4 +0.3 +0.57%
2021 54.1 +0.5 +0.85%
2020 53.6 +0.5 +0.95%
2019 53.1 +0.5 +1.05%
2018 52.6 +0.6 +1.16%
2017 52 +0.6 +1.24%
2016 51.3 +0.6 +1.19%
2015 50.7 +0.7 +1.3%
2014 50.1 +0.7 +1.4%
2013 49.4 +0.7 +1.38%
2012 48.7 +0.6 +1.23%
2011 48.1 +0.3 +0.63%
2010 47.8 +0.1 +0.24%
2009 47.7 +0.1 +0.23%
2008 47.6 +0 +0.1%
2007 47.6 −0 −0.01%
2006 47.6 −0 −0.07%
2005 47.6 −0.1 −0.13%
2004 47.7 −0.1 −0.21%
2003 47.8 −0.1 −0.3%
2002 47.9 −0.2 −0.35%
2001 48.1 −0.2 −0.41%
2000 48.3 −0.2 −0.51%
1999 48.5 −0.3 −0.65%
1998 48.8 −0.3 −0.59%
1997 49.1 −0.2 −0.42%
1996 49.3 −0.2 −0.39%
1995 49.5 −0.1 −0.24%
1994 49.6 −0 −0.04%
1993 49.7 +0 +0.03%
1992 49.6 +0.1 +0.1%
1991 49.6 +0 +0.07%
1990 49.6 −0 −0%
1989 49.6 −0 −0.01%
1988 49.6 −0.1 −0.13%
1987 49.6 −0.2 −0.37%
1986 49.8 −0.3 −0.53%
1985 50.1 −0.3 −0.69%
1984 50.4 −0.5 −0.98%
1983 50.9 −0.6 −1.19%
1982 51.5 −0.6 −1.17%
1981 52.2 −0.6 −1.04%
1980 52.7 −0.5 −0.88%
1979 53.2 −0.4 −0.83%
1978 53.6 −0.5 −0.84%
1977 54.1 −0.5 −0.92%
1976 54.6 −0.6 −1.02%
1975 55.1 −0.5 −0.97%
1974 55.7 −0.5 −0.92%
1973 56.2 −0.5 −0.9%
1972 56.7 −0.5 −0.8%
1971 57.2 −0.5 −0.81%
1970 57.6 −0.5 −0.82%
1969 58.1 −0.4 −0.75%
1968 58.5 −0.2 −0.38%
1967 58.8 −0.2 −0.38%
1966 59 −0.3 −0.42%
1965 59.2 −0.3 −0.45%
1964 59.5 −0.3 −0.54%
1963 59.8 −0.2 −0.36%
1962 60.1 −0.1 −0.17%
1961 60.2 +0.4 +0.74%
1960 59.7 — —

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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