Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Laos

Age dependency ratio in Laos in 2025 — 53 per 100. Ranked 89 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 33.7%.

2025 53 per 100 −0.95% vs 2024
World rank 89of 217
Period maximum 90.5 per 1001984
Period minimum 53 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Laos, 1960–2025506070809010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 80 per 1001962: 80.7 per 1001964: 81.7 per 1001966: 82.3 per 1001968: 82.6 per 1001970: 83.1 per 1001972: 83.6 per 1001974: 84.4 per 1001976: 86 per 1001978: 88.2 per 1001980: 89.9 per 1001982: 90.5 per 1001984: 90.5 per 1001986: 90.4 per 1001988: 90.1 per 1001990: 89.9 per 1001992: 89.9 per 1001994: 90 per 1001996: 89.6 per 1001998: 88.8 per 1002000: 87.2 per 1002002: 84.7 per 1002004: 81.5 per 1002006: 76.9 per 1002008: 71.3 per 1002010: 66.9 per 1002012: 63.6 per 1002014: 60.9 per 1002016: 58.6 per 1002018: 57.1 per 1002020: 55.9 per 1002022: 54.6 per 1002024: 53.5 per 1002025: 53 per 100
Change over the period: −27 (−33.74%) Average annual rate: -0.63 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Laos 53 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
East Asia & Pacific 46.2 per 100
South-Eastern Asia computed 46.8 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 53 −0.5 −0.95%
2024 53.5 −0.5 −1%
2023 54.1 −0.6 −1.05%
2022 54.6 −0.6 −1.11%
2021 55.3 −0.6 −1.13%
2020 55.9 −0.6 −1.08%
2019 56.5 −0.6 −1.08%
2018 57.1 −0.7 −1.2%
2017 57.8 −0.8 −1.42%
2016 58.6 −1 −1.71%
2015 59.7 −1.2 −1.97%
2014 60.9 −1.3 −2.11%
2013 62.2 −1.4 −2.2%
2012 63.6 −1.5 −2.37%
2011 65.1 −1.8 −2.64%
2010 66.9 −2 −2.96%
2009 68.9 −2.4 −3.33%
2008 71.3 −2.7 −3.64%
2007 74 −3 −3.84%
2006 76.9 −2.7 −3.34%
2005 79.6 −1.9 −2.38%
2004 81.5 −1.6 −1.94%
2003 83.1 −1.5 −1.8%
2002 84.7 −1.4 −1.6%
2001 86 −1.2 −1.36%
2000 87.2 −0.9 −1.05%
1999 88.2 −0.6 −0.73%
1998 88.8 −0.4 −0.47%
1997 89.2 −0.3 −0.39%
1996 89.6 −0.3 −0.34%
1995 89.9 −0.1 −0.13%
1994 90 +0 +0.05%
1993 90 +0.1 +0.09%
1992 89.9 +0 +0.04%
1991 89.8 −0 −0.03%
1990 89.9 −0.1 −0.11%
1989 90 −0.1 −0.15%
1988 90.1 −0.1 −0.16%
1987 90.2 −0.1 −0.16%
1986 90.4 −0.1 −0.12%
1985 90.5 −0 −0.05%
1984 90.5 +0 +0.02%
1983 90.5 +0.1 +0.07%
1982 90.5 +0.2 +0.2%
1981 90.3 +0.4 +0.45%
1980 89.9 +0.7 +0.78%
1979 89.2 +1 +1.09%
1978 88.2 +1.1 +1.29%
1977 87.1 +1.1 +1.29%
1976 86 +0.9 +1.09%
1975 85.1 +0.7 +0.78%
1974 84.4 +0.4 +0.52%
1973 84 +0.3 +0.4%
1972 83.6 +0.3 +0.35%
1971 83.3 +0.3 +0.33%
1970 83.1 +0.3 +0.31%
1969 82.8 +0.2 +0.26%
1968 82.6 +0.2 +0.22%
1967 82.4 +0.1 +0.18%
1966 82.3 +0.1 +0.12%
1965 82.2 +0.5 +0.56%
1964 81.7 +0.6 +0.79%
1963 81.1 +0.3 +0.43%
1962 80.7 +0.3 +0.38%
1961 80.4 +0.4 +0.49%
1960 80

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.