Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Kuwait

Age dependency ratio in Kuwait in 2025 — 26.8 per 100. Ranked 3 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 59.3%.

2025 26.8 per 100 −1.04% vs 2024
World rank 3of 217
Period maximum 84 per 1001971
Period minimum 26.8 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Kuwait, 1960–2025025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 65.8 per 1001962: 68.1 per 1001964: 71.1 per 1001966: 74.2 per 1001968: 79.2 per 1001970: 83.3 per 1001972: 83.5 per 1001974: 81.9 per 1001976: 78.4 per 1001978: 72.7 per 1001980: 68.6 per 1001982: 65.1 per 1001984: 62.4 per 1001986: 61.1 per 1001988: 61.7 per 1001990: 60.9 per 1001992: 58.1 per 1001994: 54 per 1001996: 52.3 per 1001998: 48.9 per 1002000: 44.8 per 1002002: 40.8 per 1002004: 37.5 per 1002006: 35.5 per 1002008: 34.2 per 1002010: 33 per 1002012: 31.6 per 1002014: 31.8 per 1002016: 32 per 1002018: 32.1 per 1002020: 32.7 per 1002022: 28.1 per 1002024: 27.1 per 1002025: 26.8 per 100
Change over the period: −39 (−59.26%) Average annual rate: -1.37 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Kuwait 26.8 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Western Asia computed 52.2 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 26.8 −0.3 −1.04%
2024 27.1 −0.4 −1.37%
2023 27.5 −0.7 −2.36%
2022 28.1 −2.6 −8.44%
2021 30.7 −1.9 −5.86%
2020 32.7 +0.4 +1.27%
2019 32.2 +0.1 +0.33%
2018 32.1 +0 +0.1%
2017 32.1 +0.1 +0.29%
2016 32 +0.1 +0.17%
2015 32 +0.1 +0.34%
2014 31.8 +0.2 +0.5%
2013 31.7 +0.1 +0.28%
2012 31.6 −0.6 −1.78%
2011 32.2 −0.8 −2.51%
2010 33 −0.5 −1.58%
2009 33.5 −0.7 −1.93%
2008 34.2 −0.6 −1.82%
2007 34.8 −0.6 −1.8%
2006 35.5 −0.8 −2.16%
2005 36.2 −1.2 −3.29%
2004 37.5 −1.6 −4.1%
2003 39.1 −1.7 −4.27%
2002 40.8 −1.9 −4.46%
2001 42.7 −2 −4.54%
2000 44.8 −2.1 −4.45%
1999 46.8 −2 −4.16%
1998 48.9 −1.9 −3.66%
1997 50.7 −1.5 −2.91%
1996 52.3 −0.9 −1.76%
1995 53.2 −0.8 −1.53%
1994 54 −2 −3.6%
1993 56 −2.1 −3.63%
1992 58.1 −1 −1.71%
1991 59.1 −1.8 −2.87%
1990 60.9 −0.7 −1.16%
1989 61.6 −0.1 −0.15%
1988 61.7 +0.2 +0.27%
1987 61.5 +0.4 +0.73%
1986 61.1 −0.3 −0.52%
1985 61.4 −0.9 −1.52%
1984 62.4 −1.1 −1.74%
1983 63.5 −1.7 −2.56%
1982 65.1 −1.8 −2.68%
1981 66.9 −1.7 −2.48%
1980 68.6 −1.8 −2.53%
1979 70.4 −2.3 −3.16%
1978 72.7 −2.7 −3.57%
1977 75.4 −3 −3.84%
1976 78.4 −2.3 −2.85%
1975 80.7 −1.2 −1.45%
1974 81.9 −0.9 −1.08%
1973 82.8 −0.7 −0.86%
1972 83.5 −0.5 −0.61%
1971 84 +0.7 +0.86%
1970 83.3 +2 +2.41%
1969 81.4 +2.2 +2.77%
1968 79.2 +2.4 +3.13%
1967 76.8 +2.6 +3.46%
1966 74.2 +1.9 +2.61%
1965 72.3 +1.2 +1.71%
1964 71.1 +1.4 +2.03%
1963 69.7 +1.6 +2.36%
1962 68.1 +1.3 +2.01%
1961 66.7 +0.9 +1.37%
1960 65.8

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.