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Age dependency ratio — Mexico

Age dependency ratio in Mexico in 2025 — 48.4 per 100. Ranked 57 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 50.8%.

2025 48.4 per 100 −0.66% vs 2024
World rank 57of 217
Period maximum 101.9 per 1001972
Period minimum 48.4 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Mexico, 1960–202540608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 98.3 per 1001962: 99.3 per 1001964: 99.9 per 1001966: 100.6 per 1001968: 101.2 per 1001970: 101.7 per 1001972: 101.9 per 1001974: 101.5 per 1001976: 100.3 per 1001978: 98.2 per 1001980: 95.1 per 1001982: 90.6 per 1001984: 86.3 per 1001986: 82.5 per 1001988: 79.1 per 1001990: 75.9 per 1001992: 72.6 per 1001994: 70.2 per 1001996: 68.3 per 1001998: 66.5 per 1002000: 64.8 per 1002002: 63.2 per 1002004: 61.5 per 1002006: 59.7 per 1002008: 57.7 per 1002010: 55.9 per 1002012: 54.6 per 1002014: 53.5 per 1002016: 52.4 per 1002018: 51.3 per 1002020: 50.3 per 1002022: 49.4 per 1002024: 48.7 per 1002025: 48.4 per 100
Change over the period: −49.9 (−50.78%) Average annual rate: -1.08 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Mexico 48.4 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Latin America & Caribbean 47.8 per 100
Central America computed 49.6 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 45.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 48.4 −0.3 −0.66%
2024 48.7 −0.3 −0.66%
2023 49 −0.3 −0.69%
2022 49.4 −0.4 −0.86%
2021 49.8 −0.5 −1%
2020 50.3 −0.5 −0.94%
2019 50.8 −0.5 −0.94%
2018 51.3 −0.5 −1.06%
2017 51.8 −0.6 −1.1%
2016 52.4 −0.6 −1.09%
2015 53 −0.5 −1.01%
2014 53.5 −0.5 −0.95%
2013 54 −0.5 −0.98%
2012 54.6 −0.6 −1.12%
2011 55.2 −0.8 −1.35%
2010 55.9 −0.9 −1.52%
2009 56.8 −0.9 −1.6%
2008 57.7 −1 −1.65%
2007 58.7 −1 −1.65%
2006 59.7 −1 −1.59%
2005 60.6 −0.9 −1.48%
2004 61.5 −0.8 −1.34%
2003 62.4 −0.8 −1.26%
2002 63.2 −0.8 −1.27%
2001 64 −0.8 −1.3%
2000 64.8 −0.9 −1.31%
1999 65.7 −0.8 −1.27%
1998 66.5 −0.9 −1.29%
1997 67.4 −0.9 −1.34%
1996 68.3 −0.9 −1.34%
1995 69.3 −1 −1.39%
1994 70.2 −1.1 −1.51%
1993 71.3 −1.3 −1.74%
1992 72.6 −1.5 −2.07%
1991 74.1 −1.7 −2.3%
1990 75.9 −1.7 −2.19%
1989 77.6 −1.6 −2%
1988 79.1 −1.7 −2.05%
1987 80.8 −1.7 −2.1%
1986 82.5 −1.8 −2.14%
1985 84.3 −1.9 −2.24%
1984 86.3 −2.1 −2.38%
1983 88.4 −2.2 −2.48%
1982 90.6 −2.4 −2.59%
1981 93 −2.1 −2.24%
1980 95.1 −1.6 −1.7%
1979 96.8 −1.4 −1.42%
1978 98.2 −1.2 −1.17%
1977 99.3 −0.9 −0.94%
1976 100.3 −0.7 −0.71%
1975 101 −0.5 −0.49%
1974 101.5 −0.3 −0.28%
1973 101.8 −0.1 −0.12%
1972 101.9 +0 +0.03%
1971 101.9 +0.2 +0.16%
1970 101.7 +0.2 +0.22%
1969 101.5 +0.3 +0.26%
1968 101.2 +0.3 +0.29%
1967 100.9 +0.3 +0.31%
1966 100.6 +0.4 +0.38%
1965 100.3 +0.4 +0.36%
1964 99.9 +0.3 +0.27%
1963 99.6 +0.3 +0.32%
1962 99.3 +0.4 +0.44%
1961 98.9 +0.5 +0.54%
1960 98.3 — —

Central America, 2025

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

CR Costa Rica 45.1 BZ Belize 46 MX Mexico 48.4 SV El Salvador 48.6 NI Nicaragua 51.5 PA Panama 51.9 HN Honduras 53.4 GT Guatemala 56.2
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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.

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