Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Ireland

Age dependency ratio in Ireland in 2025 — 52.2 per 100. Ranked 84 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 28.2%.

2025 52.2 per 100 −0.63% vs 2024
World rank 84of 217
Period maximum 73.5 per 1001966
Period minimum 45.1 per 1002007

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Ireland, 1960–2025405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 72.7 per 1001962: 72.8 per 1001964: 72.7 per 1001966: 73.5 per 1001968: 73.1 per 1001970: 73.2 per 1001972: 72.9 per 1001974: 72.2 per 1001976: 71.6 per 1001978: 70.8 per 1001980: 69.9 per 1001982: 69 per 1001984: 67.7 per 1001986: 66 per 1001988: 64.6 per 1001990: 62.6 per 1001992: 59.9 per 1001994: 56.9 per 1001996: 53.7 per 1001998: 51.1 per 1002000: 49.2 per 1002002: 47.6 per 1002004: 46.8 per 1002006: 45.5 per 1002008: 45.6 per 1002010: 48.1 per 1002012: 50.5 per 1002014: 52 per 1002016: 52.8 per 1002018: 53 per 1002020: 53.1 per 1002022: 52.9 per 1002024: 52.5 per 1002025: 52.2 per 100
Change over the period: −20.5 (−28.22%) Average annual rate: -0.51 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Ireland 52.2 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 — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 52.2 −0.3 −0.63%
2024 52.5 −0.3 −0.49%
2023 52.8 −0.1 −0.26%
2022 52.9 −0.1 −0.19%
2021 53 −0 −0.02%
2020 53.1 +0 +0.03%
2019 53 +0 +0.02%
2018 53 +0.1 +0.16%
2017 52.9 +0.2 +0.31%
2016 52.8 +0.3 +0.52%
2015 52.5 +0.5 +0.88%
2014 52 +0.6 +1.26%
2013 51.4 +0.9 +1.7%
2012 50.5 +1.1 +2.27%
2011 49.4 +1.3 +2.79%
2010 48.1 +1.4 +2.99%
2009 46.7 +1.1 +2.46%
2008 45.6 +0.5 +1.03%
2007 45.1 −0.4 −0.83%
2006 45.5 −0.8 −1.67%
2005 46.2 −0.6 −1.22%
2004 46.8 −0.3 −0.73%
2003 47.2 −0.4 −0.86%
2002 47.6 −0.7 −1.51%
2001 48.3 −0.9 −1.82%
2000 49.2 −0.9 −1.85%
1999 50.1 −1 −1.99%
1998 51.1 −1.2 −2.27%
1997 52.3 −1.4 −2.57%
1996 53.7 −1.6 −2.87%
1995 55.3 −1.7 −2.92%
1994 56.9 −1.5 −2.64%
1993 58.5 −1.4 −2.38%
1992 59.9 −1.3 −2.18%
1991 61.2 −1.3 −2.13%
1990 62.6 −1.2 −1.85%
1989 63.8 −0.8 −1.28%
1988 64.6 −0.7 −1.04%
1987 65.3 −0.8 −1.16%
1986 66 −0.9 −1.31%
1985 66.9 −0.8 −1.22%
1984 67.7 −0.7 −0.98%
1983 68.4 −0.6 −0.85%
1982 69 −0.5 −0.71%
1981 69.5 −0.4 −0.58%
1980 69.9 −0.4 −0.6%
1979 70.3 −0.5 −0.71%
1978 70.8 −0.4 −0.61%
1977 71.3 −0.3 −0.46%
1976 71.6 −0.3 −0.42%
1975 71.9 −0.3 −0.37%
1974 72.2 −0.3 −0.41%
1973 72.4 −0.4 −0.6%
1972 72.9 −0.4 −0.52%
1971 73.3 +0.1 +0.07%
1970 73.2 +0.2 +0.23%
1969 73 −0.1 −0.1%
1968 73.1 −0.2 −0.29%
1967 73.3 −0.2 −0.26%
1966 73.5 +0.3 +0.4%
1965 73.2 +0.5 +0.7%
1964 72.7 +0.2 +0.21%
1963 72.6 −0.2 −0.3%
1962 72.8 −0.3 −0.44%
1961 73.1 +0.4 +0.5%
1960 72.7

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.