Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Low-income countries

Age dependency ratio in low-income countries in 2025 — 79.8 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 5.3%.

2025 79.8 per 100 −0.97% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 95.2 per 1001998
Period minimum 79.8 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Low-income countries, 1960–2025758085909510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 84.3 per 1001962: 84.7 per 1001964: 85.5 per 1001966: 86.7 per 1001968: 88.1 per 1001970: 89.4 per 1001972: 90.7 per 1001974: 91.6 per 1001976: 92.2 per 1001978: 92.7 per 1001980: 93 per 1001982: 93.3 per 1001984: 93.2 per 1001986: 93.2 per 1001988: 93.3 per 1001990: 93.7 per 1001992: 93.8 per 1001994: 94.3 per 1001996: 94.6 per 1001998: 95.2 per 1002000: 95 per 1002002: 94.6 per 1002004: 94 per 1002006: 93.2 per 1002008: 92.1 per 1002010: 91 per 1002012: 89.8 per 1002014: 89 per 1002016: 87.6 per 1002018: 85.8 per 1002020: 84 per 1002022: 82.3 per 1002024: 80.6 per 1002025: 79.8 per 100
Change over the period: −4.5 (−5.3%) Average annual rate: -0.08 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 79.8 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 79.8 −0.8 −0.97%
2024 80.6 −0.8 −1.03%
2023 81.4 −0.9 −1.09%
2022 82.3 −0.8 −1%
2021 83.2 −0.8 −0.97%
2020 84 −0.8 −1%
2019 84.8 −0.9 −1.07%
2018 85.8 −0.9 −1.08%
2017 86.7 −0.9 −1.05%
2016 87.6 −0.8 −0.92%
2015 88.4 −0.6 −0.65%
2014 89 −0.4 −0.46%
2013 89.4 −0.4 −0.44%
2012 89.8 −0.6 −0.62%
2011 90.4 −0.6 −0.71%
2010 91 −0.6 −0.64%
2009 91.6 −0.5 −0.54%
2008 92.1 −0.5 −0.57%
2007 92.6 −0.6 −0.6%
2006 93.2 −0.4 −0.47%
2005 93.6 −0.4 −0.4%
2004 94 −0.3 −0.36%
2003 94.3 −0.3 −0.27%
2002 94.6 −0.2 −0.23%
2001 94.8 −0.2 −0.19%
2000 95 −0.1 −0.12%
1999 95.1 −0.1 −0.11%
1998 95.2 +0.1 +0.13%
1997 95.1 +0.5 +0.51%
1996 94.6 +0.4 +0.41%
1995 94.2 −0.1 −0.09%
1994 94.3 +0.1 +0.12%
1993 94.2 +0.4 +0.4%
1992 93.8 +0 +0.02%
1991 93.8 +0.1 +0.09%
1990 93.7 +0.2 +0.25%
1989 93.5 +0.2 +0.17%
1988 93.3 +0.1 +0.08%
1987 93.3 +0.1 +0.07%
1986 93.2 +0 +0.03%
1985 93.2 −0 −0%
1984 93.2 −0 −0.05%
1983 93.2 −0.1 −0.1%
1982 93.3 +0.1 +0.06%
1981 93.2 +0.2 +0.26%
1980 93 +0.2 +0.23%
1979 92.8 +0.1 +0.11%
1978 92.7 +0.1 +0.15%
1977 92.5 +0.3 +0.34%
1976 92.2 +0.3 +0.37%
1975 91.9 +0.3 +0.33%
1974 91.6 +0.4 +0.42%
1973 91.2 +0.5 +0.6%
1972 90.7 +0.7 +0.72%
1971 90 +0.6 +0.72%
1970 89.4 +0.6 +0.69%
1969 88.8 +0.6 +0.73%
1968 88.1 +0.7 +0.81%
1967 87.4 +0.7 +0.85%
1966 86.7 +0.6 +0.72%
1965 86 +0.5 +0.59%
1964 85.5 +0.5 +0.56%
1963 85.1 +0.4 +0.43%
1962 84.7 +0.2 +0.25%
1961 84.5 +0.2 +0.22%
1960 84.3

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.