Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Portugal

Age dependency ratio in Portugal in 2025 — 60.4 per 100. Ranked 149 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 2.1%.

2025 60.4 per 100 +1.39% vs 2024
World rank 149of 217
Period maximum 62.2 per 1001969
Period minimum 48.2 per 1001999

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Portugal, 1960–2025455055606519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 59.2 per 1001962: 59.2 per 1001964: 59.6 per 1001966: 61 per 1001968: 61.9 per 1001970: 62 per 1001972: 61.4 per 1001974: 60.7 per 1001976: 60.7 per 1001978: 60.3 per 1001980: 59.1 per 1001982: 57.6 per 1001984: 56 per 1001986: 54.7 per 1001988: 53.2 per 1001990: 51.5 per 1001992: 49.8 per 1001994: 49 per 1001996: 48.4 per 1001998: 48.2 per 1002000: 48.2 per 1002002: 48.7 per 1002004: 49.4 per 1002006: 49.8 per 1002008: 50.1 per 1002010: 50.8 per 1002012: 51.8 per 1002014: 53.1 per 1002016: 54.1 per 1002018: 55.4 per 1002020: 56.7 per 1002022: 58 per 1002024: 59.6 per 1002025: 60.4 per 100
Change over the period: +1.2 (+2.11%) Average annual rate: 0.03 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Portugal 60.4 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 55.7 per 100
Southern Europe computed 56.1 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Portugal, by year Portugal All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 60.4 +0.8 +1.39%
2024 59.6 +0.8 +1.41%
2023 58.7 +0.8 +1.36%
2022 58 +0.6 +1.1%
2021 57.3 +0.6 +1.03%
2020 56.7 +0.7 +1.21%
2019 56.1 +0.7 +1.19%
2018 55.4 +0.6 +1.13%
2017 54.8 +0.7 +1.24%
2016 54.1 +0.6 +1.05%
2015 53.5 +0.5 +0.9%
2014 53.1 +0.6 +1.18%
2013 52.5 +0.6 +1.17%
2012 51.8 +0.5 +1.03%
2011 51.3 +0.5 +0.94%
2010 50.8 +0.4 +0.76%
2009 50.5 +0.3 +0.64%
2008 50.1 +0.2 +0.37%
2007 50 +0.1 +0.2%
2006 49.8 +0.2 +0.34%
2005 49.7 +0.3 +0.62%
2004 49.4 +0.4 +0.73%
2003 49 +0.3 +0.65%
2002 48.7 +0.3 +0.66%
2001 48.4 +0.2 +0.4%
2000 48.2 +0 +0.05%
1999 48.2 −0 −0.05%
1998 48.2 −0.1 −0.13%
1997 48.3 −0.1 −0.3%
1996 48.4 −0.3 −0.52%
1995 48.6 −0.3 −0.67%
1994 49 −0.4 −0.72%
1993 49.3 −0.5 −0.92%
1992 49.8 −0.7 −1.48%
1991 50.5 −1 −1.87%
1990 51.5 −0.9 −1.74%
1989 52.4 −0.8 −1.48%
1988 53.2 −0.8 −1.43%
1987 54 −0.7 −1.34%
1986 54.7 −0.6 −1.16%
1985 55.3 −0.7 −1.2%
1984 56 −0.8 −1.41%
1983 56.8 −0.8 −1.35%
1982 57.6 −0.7 −1.28%
1981 58.3 −0.8 −1.27%
1980 59.1 −0.6 −1.09%
1979 59.7 −0.5 −0.89%
1978 60.3 −0.3 −0.51%
1977 60.6 −0.1 −0.18%
1976 60.7 +0.1 +0.11%
1975 60.6 −0.1 −0.13%
1974 60.7 −0.4 −0.64%
1973 61.1 −0.3 −0.54%
1972 61.4 −0.2 −0.3%
1971 61.6 −0.3 −0.55%
1970 62 −0.2 −0.37%
1969 62.2 +0.3 +0.41%
1968 61.9 +0.4 +0.68%
1967 61.5 +0.5 +0.78%
1966 61 +0.8 +1.29%
1965 60.3 +0.7 +1.11%
1964 59.6 +0.2 +0.29%
1963 59.4 +0.2 +0.32%
1962 59.2 +0.2 +0.38%
1961 59 −0.1 −0.23%
1960 59.2

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.