Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Palau

Age dependency ratio in Palau in 2025 — 42.4 per 100. Ranked 23 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 60.7%.

2025 42.4 per 100 +0.88% vs 2024
World rank 23of 217
Period maximum 122 per 1001966
Period minimum 36.9 per 1002012

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Palau, 1960–202505010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 107.8 per 1001962: 116.5 per 1001964: 120.9 per 1001966: 122 per 1001968: 112.4 per 1001970: 102.9 per 1001972: 101.7 per 1001974: 97.8 per 1001976: 91.9 per 1001978: 87.1 per 1001980: 82.5 per 1001982: 74.8 per 1001984: 69.7 per 1001986: 65.8 per 1001988: 60.2 per 1001990: 56.3 per 1001992: 53 per 1001994: 51.2 per 1001996: 49.2 per 1001998: 45.1 per 1002000: 41.5 per 1002002: 41.7 per 1002004: 42.3 per 1002006: 40.5 per 1002008: 38.4 per 1002010: 37.2 per 1002012: 36.9 per 1002014: 38.1 per 1002016: 38.9 per 1002018: 39.5 per 1002020: 40.4 per 1002022: 41.2 per 1002024: 42 per 1002025: 42.4 per 100
Change over the period: −65.4 (−60.66%) Average annual rate: -1.43 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Palau 42.4 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
East Asia & Pacific 46.2 per 100
Micronesia (subregion) computed 60.9 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 45.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Palau, by year Palau All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 42.4 +0.4 +0.88%
2024 42 +0.4 +0.94%
2023 41.6 +0.4 +0.94%
2022 41.2 +0.4 +1.01%
2021 40.8 +0.5 +1.12%
2020 40.4 +0.4 +1.06%
2019 40 +0.4 +1.03%
2018 39.5 +0.4 +0.97%
2017 39.2 +0.3 +0.8%
2016 38.9 +0.2 +0.6%
2015 38.6 +0.5 +1.41%
2014 38.1 +0.8 +2.26%
2013 37.2 +0.4 +1.06%
2012 36.9 −0.1 −0.21%
2011 36.9 −0.3 −0.67%
2010 37.2 −0.5 −1.42%
2009 37.7 −0.7 −1.87%
2008 38.4 −0.9 −2.27%
2007 39.3 −1.2 −2.99%
2006 40.5 −1.3 −3.07%
2005 41.8 −0.5 −1.1%
2004 42.3 +0.3 +0.63%
2003 42 +0.4 +0.9%
2002 41.7 +0.3 +0.78%
2001 41.3 −0.2 −0.45%
2000 41.5 −1.4 −3.25%
1999 42.9 −2.2 −4.82%
1998 45.1 −2.1 −4.5%
1997 47.2 −2 −4.12%
1996 49.2 −1.4 −2.69%
1995 50.6 −0.6 −1.21%
1994 51.2 −0.7 −1.4%
1993 51.9 −1.1 −2.05%
1992 53 −1.5 −2.7%
1991 54.5 −1.8 −3.26%
1990 56.3 −1.9 −3.25%
1989 58.2 −2 −3.33%
1988 60.2 −2.5 −4.01%
1987 62.8 −3.1 −4.66%
1986 65.8 −2.3 −3.4%
1985 68.1 −1.5 −2.21%
1984 69.7 −2.1 −2.96%
1983 71.8 −3 −3.95%
1982 74.8 −3.9 −4.96%
1981 78.7 −3.8 −4.61%
1980 82.5 −2.6 −3.01%
1979 85 −2.1 −2.4%
1978 87.1 −2.3 −2.55%
1977 89.4 −2.5 −2.75%
1976 91.9 −2.8 −2.98%
1975 94.8 −3 −3.1%
1974 97.8 −2.5 −2.52%
1973 100.3 −1.4 −1.38%
1972 101.7 −0.4 −0.44%
1971 102.2 −0.7 −0.67%
1970 102.9 −3.4 −3.24%
1969 106.3 −6.1 −5.39%
1968 112.4 −6.3 −5.35%
1967 118.7 −3.3 −2.68%
1966 122 +0.2 +0.14%
1965 121.8 +0.9 +0.75%
1964 120.9 +1.6 +1.35%
1963 119.3 +2.8 +2.43%
1962 116.5 +4.1 +3.61%
1961 112.4 +4.7 +4.32%
1960 107.8

Micronesia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.