Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Latin America & Caribbean

Age dependency ratio in Latin America & Caribbean in 2025 — 47.8 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 45.2%.

2025 47.8 per 100 −0.25% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 88.8 per 1001965
Period minimum 47.8 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Latin America & Caribbean, 1960–202540608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 87.3 per 1001962: 88.3 per 1001964: 88.8 per 1001966: 88.7 per 1001968: 88.1 per 1001970: 87.1 per 1001972: 85.8 per 1001974: 84.3 per 1001976: 82.6 per 1001978: 80.7 per 1001980: 78.7 per 1001982: 76.7 per 1001984: 74.9 per 1001986: 73.2 per 1001988: 71.5 per 1001990: 69.8 per 1001992: 68.1 per 1001994: 66.3 per 1001996: 64.5 per 1001998: 62.7 per 1002000: 60.9 per 1002002: 59.2 per 1002004: 57.5 per 1002006: 55.8 per 1002008: 54.3 per 1002010: 52.8 per 1002012: 51.6 per 1002014: 50.7 per 1002016: 49.9 per 1002018: 49.3 per 1002020: 48.9 per 1002022: 48.3 per 1002024: 47.9 per 1002025: 47.8 per 100
Change over the period: −39.5 (−45.23%) Average annual rate: -0.92 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 47.8 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 47.8 −0.1 −0.25%
2024 47.9 −0.1 −0.31%
2023 48.1 −0.2 −0.4%
2022 48.3 −0.3 −0.56%
2021 48.5 −0.3 −0.65%
2020 48.9 −0.3 −0.54%
2019 49.1 −0.2 −0.43%
2018 49.3 −0.3 −0.51%
2017 49.6 −0.3 −0.65%
2016 49.9 −0.4 −0.73%
2015 50.3 −0.4 −0.77%
2014 50.7 −0.4 −0.88%
2013 51.1 −0.5 −0.99%
2012 51.6 −0.6 −1.08%
2011 52.2 −0.6 −1.2%
2010 52.8 −0.7 −1.29%
2009 53.5 −0.7 −1.35%
2008 54.3 −0.8 −1.4%
2007 55 −0.8 −1.43%
2006 55.8 −0.8 −1.44%
2005 56.6 −0.8 −1.46%
2004 57.5 −0.9 −1.47%
2003 58.3 −0.9 −1.45%
2002 59.2 −0.9 −1.44%
2001 60.1 −0.9 −1.43%
2000 60.9 −0.9 −1.44%
1999 61.8 −0.9 −1.45%
1998 62.7 −0.9 −1.43%
1997 63.6 −0.9 −1.4%
1996 64.5 −0.9 −1.35%
1995 65.4 −0.9 −1.31%
1994 66.3 −0.9 −1.29%
1993 67.2 −0.9 −1.3%
1992 68.1 −0.9 −1.29%
1991 68.9 −0.9 −1.28%
1990 69.8 −0.9 −1.21%
1989 70.7 −0.8 −1.13%
1988 71.5 −0.8 −1.13%
1987 72.3 −0.8 −1.13%
1986 73.2 −0.8 −1.13%
1985 74 −0.9 −1.16%
1984 74.9 −0.9 −1.19%
1983 75.8 −0.9 −1.23%
1982 76.7 −1 −1.31%
1981 77.7 −1 −1.3%
1980 78.7 −1 −1.22%
1979 79.7 −1 −1.2%
1978 80.7 −1 −1.16%
1977 81.6 −0.9 −1.11%
1976 82.6 −0.9 −1.05%
1975 83.4 −0.9 −1.01%
1974 84.3 −0.8 −0.94%
1973 85.1 −0.7 −0.86%
1972 85.8 −0.7 −0.78%
1971 86.5 −0.6 −0.71%
1970 87.1 −0.5 −0.63%
1969 87.7 −0.5 −0.51%
1968 88.1 −0.3 −0.39%
1967 88.5 −0.2 −0.25%
1966 88.7 −0.1 −0.11%
1965 88.8 +0 +0.01%
1964 88.8 +0.2 +0.17%
1963 88.6 +0.3 +0.37%
1962 88.3 +0.5 +0.52%
1961 87.8 +0.6 +0.64%
1960 87.3

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.