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Age dependency ratio — OECD

Age dependency ratio in the OECD in 2025 — 55.3 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 12.6%.

2025 55.3 per 100 +0.64% vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 63.6 per 1001961
Period minimum 50 per 1002007

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — OECD, 1960–20255055606519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 63.2 per 1001962: 63.6 per 1001964: 63.4 per 1001966: 63.5 per 1001968: 63.3 per 1001970: 62.9 per 1001972: 62.2 per 1001974: 61.3 per 1001976: 60.2 per 1001978: 59 per 1001980: 57.7 per 1001982: 56.2 per 1001984: 54.7 per 1001986: 53.7 per 1001988: 53 per 1001990: 52.6 per 1001992: 52.3 per 1001994: 52.1 per 1001996: 51.7 per 1001998: 51.2 per 1002000: 50.8 per 1002002: 50.5 per 1002004: 50.2 per 1002006: 50 per 1002008: 50.1 per 1002010: 50.2 per 1002012: 50.8 per 1002014: 51.7 per 1002016: 52.5 per 1002018: 53.2 per 1002020: 53.9 per 1002022: 54.4 per 1002024: 54.9 per 1002025: 55.3 per 100
Change over the period: −8 (−12.58%) Average annual rate: -0.21 %

Comparison, 2025

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

OECD 55.3 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 55.3 +0.4 +0.64%
2024 54.9 +0.3 +0.55%
2023 54.6 +0.2 +0.44%
2022 54.4 +0.2 +0.43%
2021 54.2 +0.3 +0.55%
2020 53.9 +0.3 +0.63%
2019 53.5 +0.3 +0.63%
2018 53.2 +0.3 +0.63%
2017 52.9 +0.4 +0.69%
2016 52.5 +0.4 +0.69%
2015 52.1 +0.4 +0.76%
2014 51.7 +0.5 +0.88%
2013 51.3 +0.5 +0.94%
2012 50.8 +0.4 +0.85%
2011 50.4 +0.2 +0.39%
2010 50.2 +0.1 +0.1%
2009 50.1 +0.1 +0.15%
2008 50.1 +0 +0.07%
2007 50 −0 −0.05%
2006 50 −0.1 −0.14%
2005 50.1 −0.1 −0.21%
2004 50.2 −0.1 −0.27%
2003 50.4 −0.2 −0.32%
2002 50.5 −0.1 −0.29%
2001 50.7 −0.1 −0.29%
2000 50.8 −0.2 −0.33%
1999 51 −0.2 −0.41%
1998 51.2 −0.2 −0.46%
1997 51.4 −0.2 −0.45%
1996 51.7 −0.3 −0.49%
1995 51.9 −0.2 −0.37%
1994 52.1 −0.1 −0.21%
1993 52.2 −0.1 −0.22%
1992 52.3 −0.1 −0.25%
1991 52.5 −0.2 −0.32%
1990 52.6 −0.2 −0.38%
1989 52.8 −0.2 −0.4%
1988 53 −0.3 −0.5%
1987 53.3 −0.4 −0.71%
1986 53.7 −0.4 −0.83%
1985 54.1 −0.5 −1%
1984 54.7 −0.7 −1.29%
1983 55.4 −0.8 −1.43%
1982 56.2 −0.8 −1.35%
1981 57 −0.7 −1.27%
1980 57.7 −0.7 −1.14%
1979 58.4 −0.6 −1.04%
1978 59 −0.6 −0.98%
1977 59.6 −0.6 −0.99%
1976 60.2 −0.6 −1%
1975 60.8 −0.5 −0.88%
1974 61.3 −0.5 −0.8%
1973 61.8 −0.4 −0.7%
1972 62.2 −0.3 −0.55%
1971 62.6 −0.3 −0.47%
1970 62.9 −0.2 −0.37%
1969 63.1 −0.2 −0.31%
1968 63.3 −0.1 −0.17%
1967 63.4 −0.1 −0.09%
1966 63.5 +0 +0%
1965 63.5 +0.1 +0.08%
1964 63.4 −0 −0.05%
1963 63.4 −0.1 −0.21%
1962 63.6 −0 −0.08%
1961 63.6 +0.4 +0.63%
1960 63.2 — —

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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