Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Iceland

Age dependency ratio in Iceland in 2025 — 50.4 per 100. Ranked 68 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 33.1%.

2025 50.4 per 100 +0.39% vs 2024
World rank 68of 217
Period maximum 76 per 1001962
Period minimum 48.1 per 1002008

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Iceland, 1960–2025405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 75.3 per 1001962: 76 per 1001964: 75.7 per 1001966: 74.7 per 1001968: 73 per 1001970: 70.7 per 1001972: 68.2 per 1001974: 66 per 1001976: 63.4 per 1001978: 61.3 per 1001980: 59.7 per 1001982: 58.2 per 1001984: 57.5 per 1001986: 56.8 per 1001988: 55.5 per 1001990: 55.2 per 1001992: 55.3 per 1001994: 55.6 per 1001996: 55.1 per 1001998: 54.2 per 1002000: 53.5 per 1002002: 53.1 per 1002004: 52.1 per 1002006: 49.6 per 1002008: 48.1 per 1002010: 49.4 per 1002012: 50.3 per 1002014: 51.1 per 1002016: 51.1 per 1002018: 49.9 per 1002020: 49.9 per 1002022: 50.4 per 1002024: 50.2 per 1002025: 50.4 per 100
Change over the period: −24.9 (−33.08%) Average annual rate: -0.62 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Iceland 50.4 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 — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 50.4 +0.2 +0.39%
2024 50.2 +0 +0.02%
2023 50.2 −0.2 −0.38%
2022 50.4 −0 −0.01%
2021 50.4 +0.5 +0.91%
2020 49.9 +0.3 +0.54%
2019 49.6 −0.3 −0.57%
2018 49.9 −0.6 −1.24%
2017 50.6 −0.5 −1.03%
2016 51.1 −0.1 −0.28%
2015 51.2 +0.1 +0.29%
2014 51.1 +0.3 +0.65%
2013 50.7 +0.4 +0.83%
2012 50.3 +0.4 +0.87%
2011 49.9 +0.5 +0.99%
2010 49.4 +0.8 +1.66%
2009 48.6 +0.5 +1.06%
2008 48.1 −0.4 −0.81%
2007 48.5 −1.1 −2.28%
2006 49.6 −1.4 −2.78%
2005 51 −1 −2.01%
2004 52.1 −0.6 −1.18%
2003 52.7 −0.4 −0.82%
2002 53.1 −0.2 −0.39%
2001 53.3 −0.2 −0.34%
2000 53.5 −0.3 −0.48%
1999 53.8 −0.4 −0.81%
1998 54.2 −0.5 −0.94%
1997 54.7 −0.4 −0.71%
1996 55.1 −0.3 −0.52%
1995 55.4 −0.2 −0.44%
1994 55.6 −0 −0.03%
1993 55.7 +0.4 +0.65%
1992 55.3 +0.2 +0.27%
1991 55.2 −0.1 −0.16%
1990 55.2 +0 +0.07%
1989 55.2 −0.3 −0.53%
1988 55.5 −0.7 −1.28%
1987 56.2 −0.6 −1.02%
1986 56.8 −0.3 −0.54%
1985 57.1 −0.4 −0.67%
1984 57.5 −0.4 −0.62%
1983 57.8 −0.4 −0.63%
1982 58.2 −0.7 −1.16%
1981 58.9 −0.8 −1.34%
1980 59.7 −0.7 −1.19%
1979 60.4 −0.9 −1.48%
1978 61.3 −1.1 −1.8%
1977 62.4 −1 −1.57%
1976 63.4 −1.1 −1.72%
1975 64.5 −1.4 −2.15%
1974 66 −1.2 −1.79%
1973 67.2 −1.1 −1.58%
1972 68.2 −1.2 −1.78%
1971 69.5 −1.3 −1.78%
1970 70.7 −1.2 −1.6%
1969 71.9 −1.1 −1.53%
1968 73 −1 −1.31%
1967 74 −0.7 −0.95%
1966 74.7 −0.6 −0.8%
1965 75.3 −0.4 −0.57%
1964 75.7 −0.2 −0.31%
1963 75.9 −0.1 −0.08%
1962 76 +0.2 +0.26%
1961 75.8 +0.5 +0.73%
1960 75.3

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.