Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — New Caledonia

Age dependency ratio in New Caledonia in 2025 — 49 per 100. Ranked 61 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 31.6%.

2025 49 per 100 +0.61% vs 2024
World rank 61of 217
Period maximum 78.4 per 1001975
Period minimum 48.2 per 1002021

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — New Caledonia, 1960–2025405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 71.6 per 1001962: 72.4 per 1001964: 73.2 per 1001966: 74.1 per 1001968: 74.8 per 1001970: 75.3 per 1001972: 77.3 per 1001974: 78.3 per 1001976: 78 per 1001978: 76.6 per 1001980: 74.7 per 1001982: 72.1 per 1001984: 68.8 per 1001986: 64.8 per 1001988: 61.2 per 1001990: 59.6 per 1001992: 57.6 per 1001994: 55.8 per 1001996: 54.4 per 1001998: 54.1 per 1002000: 54.2 per 1002002: 54 per 1002004: 53.1 per 1002006: 51.9 per 1002008: 51.1 per 1002010: 50.4 per 1002012: 49.7 per 1002014: 49.4 per 1002016: 49 per 1002018: 48.5 per 1002020: 48.3 per 1002022: 48.3 per 1002024: 48.7 per 1002025: 49 per 100
Change over the period: −22.6 (−31.61%) Average annual rate: -0.58 %

Comparison, 2025

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

New Caledonia 49 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
East Asia & Pacific 46.2 per 100
Melanesia computed 58.3 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — New Caledonia, by year New Caledonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 49 +0.3 +0.61%
2024 48.7 +0.3 +0.53%
2023 48.4 +0.1 +0.28%
2022 48.3 +0 +0.08%
2021 48.2 −0 −0.09%
2020 48.3 −0.1 −0.14%
2019 48.3 −0.1 −0.24%
2018 48.5 −0.2 −0.48%
2017 48.7 −0.3 −0.56%
2016 49 −0.3 −0.58%
2015 49.2 −0.2 −0.38%
2014 49.4 −0.1 −0.23%
2013 49.5 −0.2 −0.33%
2012 49.7 −0.3 −0.54%
2011 50 −0.4 −0.79%
2010 50.4 −0.4 −0.83%
2009 50.8 −0.3 −0.62%
2008 51.1 −0.3 −0.6%
2007 51.4 −0.5 −0.92%
2006 51.9 −0.6 −1.2%
2005 52.5 −0.6 −1.06%
2004 53.1 −0.5 −0.95%
2003 53.6 −0.4 −0.77%
2002 54 −0.2 −0.31%
2001 54.2 +0 +0.07%
2000 54.2 +0.1 +0.18%
1999 54.1 −0 −0.04%
1998 54.1 −0.1 −0.1%
1997 54.1 −0.3 −0.5%
1996 54.4 −0.6 −1.18%
1995 55.1 −0.8 −1.42%
1994 55.8 −0.8 −1.48%
1993 56.7 −0.9 −1.52%
1992 57.6 −0.9 −1.59%
1991 58.5 −1.1 −1.85%
1990 59.6 −0.7 −1.21%
1989 60.3 −0.9 −1.47%
1988 61.2 −1.7 −2.69%
1987 62.9 −1.8 −2.85%
1986 64.8 −2 −2.97%
1985 66.8 −2 −2.92%
1984 68.8 −1.8 −2.53%
1983 70.5 −1.5 −2.1%
1982 72.1 −1.4 −1.88%
1981 73.4 −1.2 −1.65%
1980 74.7 −1.1 −1.39%
1979 75.7 −0.9 −1.15%
1978 76.6 −0.8 −0.99%
1977 77.4 −0.6 −0.82%
1976 78 −0.4 −0.45%
1975 78.4 +0 +0.04%
1974 78.3 +0.4 +0.46%
1973 78 +0.6 +0.84%
1972 77.3 +0.9 +1.21%
1971 76.4 +1.1 +1.5%
1970 75.3 +0.5 +0.63%
1969 74.8 −0 −0.01%
1968 74.8 +0.3 +0.44%
1967 74.5 +0.4 +0.52%
1966 74.1 +0.4 +0.55%
1965 73.7 +0.5 +0.62%
1964 73.2 +0.5 +0.7%
1963 72.7 +0.4 +0.5%
1962 72.4 +0.3 +0.45%
1961 72 +0.4 +0.62%
1960 71.6

Melanesia, 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.