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Age dependency ratio — Panama

Age dependency ratio in Panama in 2025 — 51.9 per 100. Ranked 80 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 42.6%.

2025 51.9 per 100 −0.29% vs 2024
World rank 80of 217
Period maximum 92.7 per 1001966
Period minimum 51.9 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Panama, 1960–202540608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 90.5 per 1001962: 91.5 per 1001964: 92.4 per 1001966: 92.7 per 1001968: 92.5 per 1001970: 91.8 per 1001972: 90.7 per 1001974: 89 per 1001976: 86.6 per 1001978: 83.7 per 1001980: 80.5 per 1001982: 77.5 per 1001984: 74.8 per 1001986: 72.2 per 1001988: 69.8 per 1001990: 67.7 per 1001992: 65.8 per 1001994: 64.2 per 1001996: 62.7 per 1001998: 61.1 per 1002000: 59.5 per 1002002: 58.2 per 1002004: 57.1 per 1002006: 56.2 per 1002008: 55.5 per 1002010: 55 per 1002012: 54.6 per 1002014: 54.2 per 1002016: 53.9 per 1002018: 53.6 per 1002020: 53.1 per 1002022: 52.5 per 1002024: 52.1 per 1002025: 51.9 per 100
Change over the period: −38.6 (−42.61%) Average annual rate: -0.85 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Panama 51.9 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Latin America & Caribbean 47.8 per 100
Central America computed 49.6 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 51.9 −0.1 −0.29%
2024 52.1 −0.2 −0.38%
2023 52.3 −0.2 −0.46%
2022 52.5 −0.3 −0.51%
2021 52.8 −0.3 −0.58%
2020 53.1 −0.3 −0.57%
2019 53.4 −0.2 −0.41%
2018 53.6 −0.2 −0.31%
2017 53.8 −0.2 −0.3%
2016 53.9 −0.2 −0.29%
2015 54.1 −0.1 −0.27%
2014 54.2 −0.2 −0.29%
2013 54.4 −0.2 −0.32%
2012 54.6 −0.2 −0.33%
2011 54.8 −0.2 −0.39%
2010 55 −0.3 −0.46%
2009 55.2 −0.3 −0.52%
2008 55.5 −0.3 −0.59%
2007 55.8 −0.4 −0.67%
2006 56.2 −0.4 −0.77%
2005 56.7 −0.5 −0.84%
2004 57.1 −0.5 −0.88%
2003 57.7 −0.6 −0.98%
2002 58.2 −0.6 −1.07%
2001 58.9 −0.7 −1.16%
2000 59.5 −0.7 −1.24%
1999 60.3 −0.8 −1.29%
1998 61.1 −0.8 −1.29%
1997 61.9 −0.8 −1.25%
1996 62.7 −0.8 −1.23%
1995 63.4 −0.8 −1.22%
1994 64.2 −0.8 −1.22%
1993 65 −0.8 −1.26%
1992 65.8 −0.9 −1.34%
1991 66.7 −0.9 −1.4%
1990 67.7 −1 −1.46%
1989 68.7 −1.1 −1.56%
1988 69.8 −1.2 −1.67%
1987 71 −1.2 −1.73%
1986 72.2 −1.3 −1.74%
1985 73.5 −1.3 −1.72%
1984 74.8 −1.3 −1.72%
1983 76.1 −1.4 −1.78%
1982 77.5 −1.5 −1.87%
1981 78.9 −1.5 −1.91%
1980 80.5 −1.6 −1.93%
1979 82.1 −1.6 −1.91%
1978 83.7 −1.6 −1.82%
1977 85.2 −1.4 −1.66%
1976 86.6 −1.3 −1.46%
1975 87.9 −1.1 −1.24%
1974 89 −0.9 −1.03%
1973 90 −0.8 −0.84%
1972 90.7 −0.6 −0.67%
1971 91.3 −0.5 −0.54%
1970 91.8 −0.4 −0.43%
1969 92.2 −0.3 −0.33%
1968 92.5 −0.2 −0.19%
1967 92.7 −0 −0.02%
1966 92.7 +0.1 +0.12%
1965 92.6 +0.2 +0.22%
1964 92.4 +0.4 +0.41%
1963 92 +0.5 +0.55%
1962 91.5 +0.5 +0.56%
1961 91 +0.5 +0.56%
1960 90.5 — —

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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