Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Maldives

Age dependency ratio in the Maldives in 2025 — 31.6 per 100. Ranked 5 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 54.7%.

2025 31.6 per 100 −1.29% vs 2024
World rank 5of 217
Period maximum 99.6 per 1001992
Period minimum 31.6 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Maldives, 1960–2025025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 69.7 per 1001962: 72 per 1001964: 76.7 per 1001966: 85.2 per 1001968: 89.8 per 1001970: 91.8 per 1001972: 92.6 per 1001974: 92.2 per 1001976: 93.3 per 1001978: 93.7 per 1001980: 94.2 per 1001982: 93.6 per 1001984: 91.8 per 1001986: 94 per 1001988: 97 per 1001990: 98.7 per 1001992: 99.6 per 1001994: 97.8 per 1001996: 93 per 1001998: 86.4 per 1002000: 78.4 per 1002002: 70.2 per 1002004: 62.9 per 1002006: 55.9 per 1002008: 48.3 per 1002010: 43.1 per 1002012: 39.9 per 1002014: 38.2 per 1002016: 36.6 per 1002018: 35 per 1002020: 33.5 per 1002022: 32.4 per 1002024: 32 per 1002025: 31.6 per 100
Change over the period: −38.1 (−54.72%) Average annual rate: -1.21 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Maldives 31.6 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
South Asia 47 per 100
Southern Asia computed 50.2 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 45.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Maldives, by year Maldives All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 31.6 −0.4 −1.29%
2024 32 −0.3 −0.88%
2023 32.3 −0.1 −0.38%
2022 32.4 −0.4 −1.24%
2021 32.8 −0.7 −2.21%
2020 33.5 −0.7 −2.04%
2019 34.2 −0.7 −2.07%
2018 35 −0.8 −2.19%
2017 35.7 −0.8 −2.27%
2016 36.6 −0.8 −2.24%
2015 37.4 −0.8 −2%
2014 38.2 −0.8 −1.97%
2013 38.9 −1 −2.48%
2012 39.9 −1.3 −3.27%
2011 41.3 −1.8 −4.17%
2010 43.1 −2.3 −5.11%
2009 45.4 −2.9 −6.06%
2008 48.3 −3.6 −6.9%
2007 51.9 −4 −7.16%
2006 55.9 −3.7 −6.16%
2005 59.6 −3.3 −5.27%
2004 62.9 −3.5 −5.31%
2003 66.4 −3.7 −5.32%
2002 70.2 −4 −5.41%
2001 74.2 −4.3 −5.43%
2000 78.4 −4.2 −5.03%
1999 82.6 −3.8 −4.42%
1998 86.4 −3.5 −3.87%
1997 89.9 −3.1 −3.38%
1996 93 −2.7 −2.85%
1995 95.8 −2 −2.07%
1994 97.8 −1.3 −1.27%
1993 99.1 −0.5 −0.53%
1992 99.6 +0.2 +0.17%
1991 99.4 +0.7 +0.7%
1990 98.7 +0.8 +0.85%
1989 97.9 +0.9 +0.92%
1988 97 +1.3 +1.36%
1987 95.7 +1.7 +1.85%
1986 94 +1.7 +1.81%
1985 92.3 +0.5 +0.51%
1984 91.8 −0.8 −0.89%
1983 92.6 −0.9 −0.99%
1982 93.6 −0.5 −0.55%
1981 94.1 −0.1 −0.14%
1980 94.2 +0.2 +0.17%
1979 94.1 +0.4 +0.4%
1978 93.7 +0.2 +0.21%
1977 93.5 +0.2 +0.17%
1976 93.3 +0.6 +0.66%
1975 92.7 +0.5 +0.51%
1974 92.2 −0.1 −0.16%
1973 92.4 −0.2 −0.25%
1972 92.6 +0.2 +0.25%
1971 92.4 +0.6 +0.68%
1970 91.8 +0.9 +0.98%
1969 90.9 +1 +1.14%
1968 89.8 +1.6 +1.76%
1967 88.3 +3 +3.56%
1966 85.2 +4.5 +5.52%
1965 80.8 +4 +5.28%
1964 76.7 +2.7 +3.68%
1963 74 +2 +2.77%
1962 72 +1.4 +2.02%
1961 70.6 +0.9 +1.26%
1960 69.7

Southern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.