Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — North Macedonia

Age dependency ratio in North Macedonia in 2025 — 54 per 100. Ranked 98 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 27.4%.

2025 54 per 100 +0.91% vs 2024
World rank 98of 217
Period maximum 74.4 per 1001960
Period minimum 44.6 per 1002011

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — North Macedonia, 1960–2025405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 74.4 per 1001962: 73.7 per 1001964: 71.1 per 1001966: 68.7 per 1001968: 66 per 1001970: 63.3 per 1001972: 61.4 per 1001974: 59.7 per 1001976: 58.3 per 1001978: 57.2 per 1001980: 55.5 per 1001982: 53.7 per 1001984: 52.6 per 1001986: 52 per 1001988: 51.7 per 1001990: 51.5 per 1001992: 51.1 per 1001994: 51.4 per 1001996: 51.5 per 1001998: 50.8 per 1002000: 49.7 per 1002002: 48.5 per 1002004: 47.5 per 1002006: 46.2 per 1002008: 45.5 per 1002010: 44.8 per 1002012: 44.6 per 1002014: 45.5 per 1002016: 46.4 per 1002018: 48 per 1002020: 50.5 per 1002022: 52.1 per 1002024: 53.5 per 1002025: 54 per 100
Change over the period: −20.4 (−27.45%) Average annual rate: -0.49 %

Comparison, 2025

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

North Macedonia 54 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 55.7 per 100
Southern Europe computed 56.1 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 45.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 54 +0.5 +0.91%
2024 53.5 +0.7 +1.23%
2023 52.8 +0.8 +1.44%
2022 52.1 +0.7 +1.34%
2021 51.4 +0.9 +1.75%
2020 50.5 +1.3 +2.54%
2019 49.3 +1.2 +2.59%
2018 48 +0.9 +2%
2017 47.1 +0.7 +1.47%
2016 46.4 +0.5 +1.11%
2015 45.9 +0.4 +0.88%
2014 45.5 +0.5 +1.03%
2013 45 +0.4 +0.86%
2012 44.6 +0 +0.02%
2011 44.6 −0.2 −0.47%
2010 44.8 −0.3 −0.64%
2009 45.1 −0.3 −0.76%
2008 45.5 −0.3 −0.74%
2007 45.8 −0.4 −0.9%
2006 46.2 −0.6 −1.27%
2005 46.8 −0.7 −1.38%
2004 47.5 −0.6 −1.16%
2003 48 −0.5 −0.97%
2002 48.5 −0.5 −1.08%
2001 49 −0.6 −1.27%
2000 49.7 −0.6 −1.28%
1999 50.3 −0.5 −0.94%
1998 50.8 −0.3 −0.65%
1997 51.1 −0.3 −0.67%
1996 51.5 −0.2 −0.36%
1995 51.6 +0.2 +0.45%
1994 51.4 +0.3 +0.62%
1993 51.1 +0 +0.04%
1992 51.1 −0.2 −0.42%
1991 51.3 −0.2 −0.42%
1990 51.5 −0.1 −0.22%
1989 51.6 −0.1 −0.19%
1988 51.7 −0.1 −0.21%
1987 51.8 −0.2 −0.4%
1986 52 −0.3 −0.52%
1985 52.3 −0.3 −0.66%
1984 52.6 −0.5 −0.88%
1983 53.1 −0.6 −1.06%
1982 53.7 −0.8 −1.52%
1981 54.5 −1 −1.84%
1980 55.5 −0.9 −1.59%
1979 56.4 −0.8 −1.42%
1978 57.2 −0.6 −1.11%
1977 57.9 −0.5 −0.79%
1976 58.3 −0.6 −0.99%
1975 58.9 −0.8 −1.32%
1974 59.7 −0.9 −1.41%
1973 60.6 −0.8 −1.29%
1972 61.4 −0.8 −1.34%
1971 62.2 −1.1 −1.68%
1970 63.3 −1.4 −2.1%
1969 64.6 −1.4 −2.1%
1968 66 −1.3 −1.99%
1967 67.3 −1.3 −1.96%
1966 68.7 −1.2 −1.76%
1965 69.9 −1.2 −1.7%
1964 71.1 −1.4 −1.92%
1963 72.5 −1.2 −1.58%
1962 73.7 −0.6 −0.83%
1961 74.3 −0.1 −0.11%
1960 74.4

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.