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Age dependency ratio — Nicaragua

Age dependency ratio in Nicaragua in 2025 — 51.5 per 100. Ranked 75 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 48.9%.

2025 51.5 per 100 −1.25% vs 2024
World rank 75of 217
Period maximum 103 per 1001963
Period minimum 51.5 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Nicaragua, 1960–202540608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 100.8 per 1001962: 102.5 per 1001964: 102.9 per 1001966: 101.8 per 1001968: 100.9 per 1001970: 100.3 per 1001972: 99.7 per 1001974: 99.4 per 1001976: 99.2 per 1001978: 99.3 per 1001980: 99.7 per 1001982: 99.5 per 1001984: 99.3 per 1001986: 98.9 per 1001988: 97.8 per 1001990: 95.6 per 1001992: 92.8 per 1001994: 89.4 per 1001996: 85.7 per 1001998: 81.8 per 1002000: 78 per 1002002: 74.5 per 1002004: 71.1 per 1002006: 68 per 1002008: 65.3 per 1002010: 62.9 per 1002012: 60.8 per 1002014: 59.1 per 1002016: 57.8 per 1002018: 56.6 per 1002020: 55.2 per 1002022: 53.6 per 1002024: 52.2 per 1002025: 51.5 per 100
Change over the period: −49.2 (−48.86%) Average annual rate: -1.03 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Nicaragua 51.5 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Latin America & Caribbean 47.8 per 100
Central America computed 49.6 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 51.5 −0.7 −1.25%
2024 52.2 −0.7 −1.28%
2023 52.9 −0.7 −1.33%
2022 53.6 −0.8 −1.45%
2021 54.4 −0.9 −1.58%
2020 55.2 −0.8 −1.38%
2019 56 −0.6 −1.07%
2018 56.6 −0.6 −1%
2017 57.2 −0.6 −1.02%
2016 57.8 −0.6 −1.1%
2015 58.4 −0.7 −1.18%
2014 59.1 −0.8 −1.3%
2013 59.9 −0.9 −1.48%
2012 60.8 −1 −1.64%
2011 61.8 −1.1 −1.72%
2010 62.9 −1.1 −1.78%
2009 64 −1.2 −1.89%
2008 65.3 −1.3 −1.98%
2007 66.6 −1.4 −2.03%
2006 68 −1.5 −2.17%
2005 69.5 −1.6 −2.27%
2004 71.1 −1.7 −2.29%
2003 72.8 −1.7 −2.34%
2002 74.5 −1.8 −2.32%
2001 76.3 −1.8 −2.28%
2000 78 −1.8 −2.28%
1999 79.9 −1.9 −2.33%
1998 81.8 −1.9 −2.33%
1997 83.7 −1.9 −2.26%
1996 85.7 −1.9 −2.17%
1995 87.6 −1.8 −2.06%
1994 89.4 −1.7 −1.91%
1993 91.1 −1.6 −1.75%
1992 92.8 −1.5 −1.58%
1991 94.3 −1.3 −1.41%
1990 95.6 −1.2 −1.23%
1989 96.8 −1 −1%
1988 97.8 −0.7 −0.67%
1987 98.4 −0.4 −0.44%
1986 98.9 −0.3 −0.29%
1985 99.2 −0.1 −0.14%
1984 99.3 −0.1 −0.09%
1983 99.4 −0.1 −0.11%
1982 99.5 −0.1 −0.12%
1981 99.6 −0.1 −0.08%
1980 99.7 +0.2 +0.17%
1979 99.5 +0.3 +0.27%
1978 99.3 +0.1 +0.07%
1977 99.2 −0 −0.01%
1976 99.2 −0.1 −0.07%
1975 99.3 −0.1 −0.11%
1974 99.4 −0.1 −0.13%
1973 99.5 −0.2 −0.22%
1972 99.7 −0.3 −0.26%
1971 100 −0.2 −0.25%
1970 100.3 −0.3 −0.31%
1969 100.6 −0.4 −0.36%
1968 100.9 −0.4 −0.42%
1967 101.4 −0.5 −0.48%
1966 101.8 −0.5 −0.52%
1965 102.4 −0.5 −0.48%
1964 102.9 −0.1 −0.1%
1963 103 +0.5 +0.46%
1962 102.5 +0.8 +0.79%
1961 101.7 +0.9 +0.9%
1960 100.8 — —

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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