Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Jamaica

Age dependency ratio in Jamaica in 2025 — 36.7 per 100. Ranked 10 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 55.8%.

2025 36.7 per 100 −0.24% vs 2024
World rank 10of 217
Period maximum 104 per 1001970
Period minimum 36.7 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Jamaica, 1960–20252040608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 83.2 per 1001962: 87.7 per 1001964: 92.8 per 1001966: 97.9 per 1001968: 102.1 per 1001970: 104 per 1001972: 103.2 per 1001974: 100.4 per 1001976: 96.9 per 1001978: 93.4 per 1001980: 89.5 per 1001982: 85.7 per 1001984: 82.6 per 1001986: 80.2 per 1001988: 77.9 per 1001990: 75.6 per 1001992: 73.9 per 1001994: 72.4 per 1001996: 70.6 per 1001998: 68 per 1002000: 64.7 per 1002002: 61.5 per 1002004: 58.4 per 1002006: 55.5 per 1002008: 52.2 per 1002010: 49.1 per 1002012: 46.2 per 1002014: 43.6 per 1002016: 41.5 per 1002018: 39.8 per 1002020: 38.3 per 1002022: 37.2 per 1002024: 36.8 per 1002025: 36.7 per 100
Change over the period: −46.5 (−55.85%) Average annual rate: -1.25 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Jamaica 36.7 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Caribbean computed 50.7 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 45.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 36.7 −0.1 −0.24%
2024 36.8 −0.2 −0.43%
2023 37 −0.2 −0.61%
2022 37.2 −0.5 −1.22%
2021 37.7 −0.7 −1.72%
2020 38.3 −0.7 −1.82%
2019 39 −0.8 −1.95%
2018 39.8 −0.9 −2.1%
2017 40.7 −0.9 −2.12%
2016 41.5 −0.9 −2.18%
2015 42.5 −1.1 −2.55%
2014 43.6 −1.3 −2.85%
2013 44.9 −1.3 −2.91%
2012 46.2 −1.4 −2.99%
2011 47.6 −1.5 −3.02%
2010 49.1 −1.5 −3.03%
2009 50.6 −1.6 −3.04%
2008 52.2 −1.6 −3.03%
2007 53.8 −1.6 −2.91%
2006 55.5 −1.5 −2.68%
2005 57 −1.5 −2.48%
2004 58.4 −1.5 −2.45%
2003 59.9 −1.5 −2.51%
2002 61.5 −1.6 −2.56%
2001 63.1 −1.7 −2.6%
2000 64.7 −1.7 −2.53%
1999 66.4 −1.6 −2.31%
1998 68 −1.4 −1.99%
1997 69.4 −1.2 −1.67%
1996 70.6 −1 −1.41%
1995 71.6 −0.9 −1.2%
1994 72.4 −0.8 −1.02%
1993 73.2 −0.7 −0.9%
1992 73.9 −0.8 −1.04%
1991 74.6 −1 −1.28%
1990 75.6 −1.1 −1.39%
1989 76.7 −1.2 −1.53%
1988 77.9 −1.2 −1.5%
1987 79 −1.1 −1.41%
1986 80.2 −1.2 −1.47%
1985 81.4 −1.3 −1.53%
1984 82.6 −1.4 −1.66%
1983 84 −1.7 −1.93%
1982 85.7 −1.9 −2.13%
1981 87.6 −1.9 −2.15%
1980 89.5 −2 −2.15%
1979 91.5 −1.9 −2.06%
1978 93.4 −1.8 −1.87%
1977 95.2 −1.7 −1.8%
1976 96.9 −1.8 −1.83%
1975 98.7 −1.7 −1.7%
1974 100.4 −1.5 −1.47%
1973 101.9 −1.3 −1.23%
1972 103.2 −0.8 −0.74%
1971 103.9 −0.1 −0.09%
1970 104 +0.6 +0.61%
1969 103.4 +1.4 +1.34%
1968 102.1 +1.9 +1.94%
1967 100.1 +2.2 +2.27%
1966 97.9 +2.4 +2.46%
1965 95.5 +2.7 +2.92%
1964 92.8 +2.7 +3.03%
1963 90.1 +2.4 +2.71%
1962 87.7 +2.3 +2.64%
1961 85.5 +2.3 +2.71%
1960 83.2

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.