Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Netherlands

Age dependency ratio in the Netherlands in 2025 — 55.8 per 100. Ranked 115 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 12.7%.

2025 55.8 per 100 +1.23% vs 2024
World rank 115of 217
Period maximum 63.9 per 1001960
Period minimum 44.9 per 1001988

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Netherlands, 1960–202540455055606519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 63.9 per 1001962: 62.3 per 1001964: 61.1 per 1001966: 60.6 per 1001968: 60.3 per 1001970: 59.9 per 1001972: 59.1 per 1001974: 57.6 per 1001976: 55.5 per 1001978: 53.3 per 1001980: 51.1 per 1001982: 49.2 per 1001984: 47 per 1001986: 45.5 per 1001988: 44.9 per 1001990: 45.2 per 1001992: 45.7 per 1001994: 46.2 per 1001996: 46.7 per 1001998: 47.2 per 1002000: 47.6 per 1002002: 47.8 per 1002004: 48 per 1002006: 48.2 per 1002008: 48.4 per 1002010: 48.9 per 1002012: 50.6 per 1002014: 52 per 1002016: 52.7 per 1002018: 53.3 per 1002020: 53.8 per 1002022: 54.4 per 1002024: 55.1 per 1002025: 55.8 per 100
Change over the period: −8.1 (−12.7%) Average annual rate: -0.21 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Netherlands 55.8 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 55.7 per 100
Western Europe computed 60.2 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 55.8 +0.7 +1.23%
2024 55.1 +0.5 +0.85%
2023 54.6 +0.2 +0.33%
2022 54.4 +0.2 +0.45%
2021 54.2 +0.4 +0.7%
2020 53.8 +0.3 +0.58%
2019 53.5 +0.3 +0.47%
2018 53.3 +0.3 +0.52%
2017 53 +0.3 +0.54%
2016 52.7 +0.3 +0.52%
2015 52.4 +0.4 +0.79%
2014 52 +0.6 +1.14%
2013 51.4 +0.8 +1.55%
2012 50.6 +1 +2.04%
2011 49.6 +0.7 +1.42%
2010 48.9 +0.3 +0.62%
2009 48.6 +0.3 +0.53%
2008 48.4 +0.1 +0.27%
2007 48.3 +0 +0.08%
2006 48.2 +0 +0.09%
2005 48.2 +0.1 +0.25%
2004 48 +0.2 +0.34%
2003 47.9 +0.1 +0.22%
2002 47.8 +0.1 +0.11%
2001 47.7 +0.1 +0.26%
2000 47.6 +0.2 +0.42%
1999 47.4 +0.2 +0.5%
1998 47.2 +0.3 +0.55%
1997 46.9 +0.2 +0.48%
1996 46.7 +0.2 +0.43%
1995 46.5 +0.3 +0.58%
1994 46.2 +0.3 +0.59%
1993 45.9 +0.2 +0.54%
1992 45.7 +0.3 +0.58%
1991 45.4 +0.2 +0.54%
1990 45.2 +0.2 +0.41%
1989 45 +0.1 +0.16%
1988 44.9 −0.1 −0.33%
1987 45.1 −0.4 −0.89%
1986 45.5 −0.6 −1.29%
1985 46.1 −0.9 −1.96%
1984 47 −1.1 −2.33%
1983 48.1 −1 −2.12%
1982 49.2 −1 −1.96%
1981 50.1 −1 −1.93%
1980 51.1 −1.1 −2.03%
1979 52.2 −1.1 −2.06%
1978 53.3 −1.1 −1.96%
1977 54.3 −1.1 −2%
1976 55.5 −1.1 −2%
1975 56.6 −1 −1.73%
1974 57.6 −0.8 −1.43%
1973 58.4 −0.6 −1.08%
1972 59.1 −0.5 −0.8%
1971 59.5 −0.4 −0.6%
1970 59.9 −0.2 −0.35%
1969 60.1 −0.2 −0.28%
1968 60.3 −0.1 −0.24%
1967 60.4 −0.2 −0.28%
1966 60.6 −0.3 −0.45%
1965 60.9 −0.3 −0.49%
1964 61.1 −0.4 −0.7%
1963 61.6 −0.8 −1.23%
1962 62.3 −1.1 −1.73%
1961 63.4 −0.4 −0.69%
1960 63.9

Western Europe, 2025

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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.