Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Puerto Rico

Age dependency ratio in Puerto Rico in 2025 — 57.5 per 100. Ranked 127 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 35.9%.

2025 57.5 per 100 +0.72% vs 2024
World rank 127of 217
Period maximum 89.7 per 1001960
Period minimum 52.8 per 1002014

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Puerto Rico, 1960–2025506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 89.7 per 1001962: 85.6 per 1001964: 82.9 per 1001966: 81.6 per 1001968: 80.6 per 1001970: 78.6 per 1001972: 74.7 per 1001974: 72 per 1001976: 70.2 per 1001978: 68.6 per 1001980: 66.7 per 1001982: 64.1 per 1001984: 62.1 per 1001986: 60.4 per 1001988: 58.9 per 1001990: 57.7 per 1001992: 56.8 per 1001994: 55.9 per 1001996: 55.2 per 1001998: 54.7 per 1002000: 54.4 per 1002002: 54.6 per 1002004: 54.8 per 1002006: 55.1 per 1002008: 55.4 per 1002010: 55.3 per 1002012: 53.6 per 1002014: 52.8 per 1002016: 53.1 per 1002018: 55.5 per 1002020: 55.8 per 1002022: 56.7 per 1002024: 57.1 per 1002025: 57.5 per 100
Change over the period: −32.2 (−35.87%) Average annual rate: -0.68 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Puerto Rico 57.5 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Caribbean computed 50.7 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Puerto Rico, by year Puerto Rico All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 57.5 +0.4 +0.72%
2024 57.1 +0.2 +0.43%
2023 56.9 +0.2 +0.28%
2022 56.7 +0.4 +0.66%
2021 56.3 +0.5 +0.87%
2020 55.8 +0.3 +0.51%
2019 55.6 +0.1 +0.11%
2018 55.5 +1.1 +2.1%
2017 54.4 +1.3 +2.38%
2016 53.1 +0.2 +0.45%
2015 52.9 +0 +0.05%
2014 52.8 −0.2 −0.44%
2013 53.1 −0.5 −0.99%
2012 53.6 −0.8 −1.49%
2011 54.4 −0.9 −1.55%
2010 55.3 −0.3 −0.55%
2009 55.6 +0.2 +0.29%
2008 55.4 +0.2 +0.31%
2007 55.2 +0.2 +0.3%
2006 55.1 +0.1 +0.23%
2005 54.9 +0.1 +0.18%
2004 54.8 +0.1 +0.2%
2003 54.7 +0.1 +0.24%
2002 54.6 +0.1 +0.21%
2001 54.5 +0 +0.08%
2000 54.4 −0.1 −0.17%
1999 54.5 −0.2 −0.32%
1998 54.7 −0.2 −0.36%
1997 54.9 −0.3 −0.47%
1996 55.2 −0.3 −0.61%
1995 55.5 −0.4 −0.79%
1994 55.9 −0.4 −0.78%
1993 56.4 −0.4 −0.73%
1992 56.8 −0.4 −0.74%
1991 57.2 −0.4 −0.75%
1990 57.7 −0.6 −0.96%
1989 58.2 −0.6 −1.1%
1988 58.9 −0.7 −1.19%
1987 59.6 −0.8 −1.37%
1986 60.4 −0.9 −1.41%
1985 61.3 −0.8 −1.37%
1984 62.1 −0.9 −1.45%
1983 63 −1 −1.62%
1982 64.1 −1.2 −1.9%
1981 65.3 −1.4 −2.09%
1980 66.7 −1.1 −1.64%
1979 67.8 −0.8 −1.22%
1978 68.6 −0.8 −1.2%
1977 69.5 −0.7 −1.05%
1976 70.2 −0.8 −1.09%
1975 71 −1 −1.36%
1974 72 −1.2 −1.67%
1973 73.2 −1.5 −2.06%
1972 74.7 −1.9 −2.44%
1971 76.6 −2 −2.55%
1970 78.6 −1.4 −1.73%
1969 80 −0.7 −0.83%
1968 80.6 −0.5 −0.62%
1967 81.2 −0.5 −0.57%
1966 81.6 −0.5 −0.66%
1965 82.2 −0.8 −0.91%
1964 82.9 −1.1 −1.31%
1963 84 −1.6 −1.84%
1962 85.6 −2 −2.34%
1961 87.6 −2 −2.27%
1960 89.7

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.