Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Norway

Age dependency ratio in Norway in 2025 — 53.9 per 100. Ranked 97 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 8.1%.

2025 53.9 per 100 +0.13% vs 2024
World rank 97of 217
Period maximum 60 per 1001975
Period minimum 50.9 per 1002009

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Norway, 1960–20255052.55557.56019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 58.6 per 1001962: 57.9 per 1001964: 57.8 per 1001966: 58.4 per 1001968: 59.1 per 1001970: 59.6 per 1001972: 59.8 per 1001974: 59.9 per 1001976: 59.9 per 1001978: 59.4 per 1001980: 58.5 per 1001982: 57.4 per 1001984: 56.1 per 1001986: 55.3 per 1001988: 54.5 per 1001990: 54.4 per 1001992: 54.7 per 1001994: 54.8 per 1001996: 54.9 per 1001998: 54.7 per 1002000: 54.2 per 1002002: 53.6 per 1002004: 52.8 per 1002006: 51.8 per 1002008: 50.9 per 1002010: 51 per 1002012: 51.4 per 1002014: 51.9 per 1002016: 52.4 per 1002018: 53.2 per 1002020: 53.7 per 1002022: 54.1 per 1002024: 53.8 per 1002025: 53.9 per 100
Change over the period: −4.8 (−8.12%) Average annual rate: -0.13 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Norway 53.9 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 55.7 per 100
Northern Europe computed 57.8 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Norway, by year Norway All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 53.9 +0.1 +0.13%
2024 53.8 −0.2 −0.29%
2023 53.9 −0.2 −0.33%
2022 54.1 +0.1 +0.24%
2021 54 +0.3 +0.54%
2020 53.7 +0.3 +0.47%
2019 53.5 +0.3 +0.48%
2018 53.2 +0.4 +0.71%
2017 52.8 +0.4 +0.77%
2016 52.4 +0.3 +0.6%
2015 52.1 +0.2 +0.42%
2014 51.9 +0.2 +0.42%
2013 51.7 +0.2 +0.44%
2012 51.4 +0.2 +0.43%
2011 51.2 +0.2 +0.36%
2010 51 +0.1 +0.28%
2009 50.9 −0 −0.05%
2008 50.9 −0.3 −0.68%
2007 51.3 −0.5 −1.02%
2006 51.8 −0.5 −1.01%
2005 52.3 −0.4 −0.82%
2004 52.8 −0.4 −0.75%
2003 53.2 −0.4 −0.76%
2002 53.6 −0.4 −0.7%
2001 53.9 −0.3 −0.56%
2000 54.2 −0.3 −0.47%
1999 54.5 −0.2 −0.41%
1998 54.7 −0.1 −0.27%
1997 54.9 −0 −0.02%
1996 54.9 +0 +0.08%
1995 54.8 +0 +0.08%
1994 54.8 +0 +0.05%
1993 54.8 +0.1 +0.14%
1992 54.7 +0.1 +0.27%
1991 54.5 +0.1 +0.19%
1990 54.4 +0 +0.09%
1989 54.4 −0.1 −0.12%
1988 54.5 −0.3 −0.59%
1987 54.8 −0.5 −0.84%
1986 55.3 −0.3 −0.61%
1985 55.6 −0.5 −0.92%
1984 56.1 −0.7 −1.28%
1983 56.8 −0.6 −0.98%
1982 57.4 −0.6 −0.97%
1981 58 −0.6 −1.01%
1980 58.5 −0.5 −0.85%
1979 59 −0.4 −0.65%
1978 59.4 −0.3 −0.42%
1977 59.7 −0.2 −0.3%
1976 59.9 −0.1 −0.16%
1975 60 +0 +0.02%
1974 59.9 +0 +0.08%
1973 59.9 +0.1 +0.12%
1972 59.8 +0.1 +0.16%
1971 59.7 +0.1 +0.18%
1970 59.6 +0.2 +0.34%
1969 59.4 +0.3 +0.47%
1968 59.1 +0.3 +0.49%
1967 58.8 +0.4 +0.68%
1966 58.4 +0.4 +0.7%
1965 58 +0.3 +0.45%
1964 57.8 +0 +0.09%
1963 57.7 −0.2 −0.34%
1962 57.9 −0.4 −0.68%
1961 58.3 −0.3 −0.5%
1960 58.6

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.