Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Lower-middle-income countries

Age dependency ratio in lower-middle-income countries in 2025 — 55.1 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 31.2%.

2025 55.1 per 100 −0.97% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 84.9 per 1001969
Period minimum 55.1 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Lower-middle-income countries, 1960–2025506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 80.1 per 1001962: 82.1 per 1001964: 84 per 1001966: 84.7 per 1001968: 84.9 per 1001970: 84.8 per 1001972: 84.5 per 1001974: 84.1 per 1001976: 83.4 per 1001978: 82.7 per 1001980: 82.1 per 1001982: 81.6 per 1001984: 81.4 per 1001986: 81 per 1001988: 80.5 per 1001990: 79.6 per 1001992: 78.6 per 1001994: 77.3 per 1001996: 75.5 per 1001998: 73.4 per 1002000: 71.1 per 1002002: 69.2 per 1002004: 67.4 per 1002006: 65.7 per 1002008: 64.1 per 1002010: 62.7 per 1002012: 61.5 per 1002014: 60.5 per 1002016: 59.5 per 1002018: 58.6 per 1002020: 57.7 per 1002022: 56.6 per 1002024: 55.6 per 1002025: 55.1 per 100
Change over the period: −25 (−31.24%) Average annual rate: -0.57 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Lower-middle-income countries 55.1 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 55.1 −0.5 −0.97%
2024 55.6 −0.5 −0.92%
2023 56.1 −0.5 −0.84%
2022 56.6 −0.5 −0.91%
2021 57.1 −0.6 −0.98%
2020 57.7 −0.5 −0.85%
2019 58.2 −0.4 −0.74%
2018 58.6 −0.4 −0.74%
2017 59.1 −0.5 −0.78%
2016 59.5 −0.5 −0.79%
2015 60 −0.5 −0.76%
2014 60.5 −0.5 −0.81%
2013 61 −0.5 −0.86%
2012 61.5 −0.6 −0.91%
2011 62 −0.6 −0.99%
2010 62.7 −0.7 −1.06%
2009 63.3 −0.7 −1.11%
2008 64.1 −0.8 −1.19%
2007 64.8 −0.8 −1.27%
2006 65.7 −0.9 −1.3%
2005 66.5 −0.9 −1.32%
2004 67.4 −0.9 −1.31%
2003 68.3 −0.9 −1.25%
2002 69.2 −0.9 −1.3%
2001 70.1 −1 −1.44%
2000 71.1 −1.1 −1.53%
1999 72.2 −1.2 −1.57%
1998 73.4 −1.1 −1.51%
1997 74.5 −1 −1.36%
1996 75.5 −0.9 −1.23%
1995 76.4 −0.8 −1.08%
1994 77.3 −0.7 −0.89%
1993 78 −0.6 −0.75%
1992 78.6 −0.5 −0.67%
1991 79.1 −0.5 −0.67%
1990 79.6 −0.5 −0.56%
1989 80.1 −0.4 −0.47%
1988 80.5 −0.3 −0.41%
1987 80.8 −0.3 −0.32%
1986 81 −0.2 −0.23%
1985 81.2 −0.1 −0.15%
1984 81.4 −0.1 −0.14%
1983 81.5 −0.1 −0.18%
1982 81.6 −0.2 −0.27%
1981 81.8 −0.3 −0.35%
1980 82.1 −0.3 −0.36%
1979 82.4 −0.3 −0.37%
1978 82.7 −0.3 −0.41%
1977 83.1 −0.3 −0.41%
1976 83.4 −0.3 −0.4%
1975 83.7 −0.3 −0.39%
1974 84.1 −0.2 −0.29%
1973 84.3 −0.2 −0.24%
1972 84.5 −0.1 −0.17%
1971 84.7 −0.1 −0.15%
1970 84.8 −0.1 −0.13%
1969 84.9 +0 +0.04%
1968 84.9 +0.1 +0.08%
1967 84.8 +0.1 +0.17%
1966 84.7 +0.3 +0.34%
1965 84.4 +0.4 +0.5%
1964 84 +0.8 +0.92%
1963 83.2 +1 +1.27%
1962 82.1 +1 +1.25%
1961 81.1 +1 +1.29%
1960 80.1

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.