Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Saint Lucia

Age dependency ratio in Saint Lucia in 2025 — 37.4 per 100. Ranked 13 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 64%.

2025 37.4 per 100 +0.28% vs 2024
World rank 13of 217
Period maximum 121.4 per 1001972
Period minimum 37.3 per 1002024

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Saint Lucia, 1960–202505010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 103.7 per 1001962: 112.1 per 1001964: 117.8 per 1001966: 119.7 per 1001968: 117.8 per 1001970: 120.1 per 1001972: 121.4 per 1001974: 119.5 per 1001976: 115.1 per 1001978: 105 per 1001980: 98.3 per 1001982: 95.1 per 1001984: 93.1 per 1001986: 91.6 per 1001988: 87.6 per 1001990: 79.5 per 1001992: 76.1 per 1001994: 73.9 per 1001996: 71.4 per 1001998: 67.4 per 1002000: 63.1 per 1002002: 59.5 per 1002004: 55.8 per 1002006: 52.1 per 1002008: 48.8 per 1002010: 46.3 per 1002012: 43.6 per 1002014: 41.5 per 1002016: 39.7 per 1002018: 38.5 per 1002020: 37.8 per 1002022: 37.3 per 1002024: 37.3 per 1002025: 37.4 per 100
Change over the period: −66.4 (−63.97%) Average annual rate: -1.56 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Saint Lucia 37.4 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Caribbean computed 50.7 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 45.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 37.4 +0.1 +0.28%
2024 37.3 −0 −0.07%
2023 37.3 −0 −0.08%
2022 37.3 −0.2 −0.51%
2021 37.5 −0.3 −0.78%
2020 37.8 −0.3 −0.81%
2019 38.1 −0.4 −1.07%
2018 38.5 −0.5 −1.31%
2017 39.1 −0.7 −1.69%
2016 39.7 −0.9 −2.11%
2015 40.6 −1 −2.32%
2014 41.5 −1 −2.35%
2013 42.5 −1.1 −2.51%
2012 43.6 −1.3 −2.87%
2011 44.9 −1.4 −3.02%
2010 46.3 −1.2 −2.62%
2009 47.6 −1.2 −2.54%
2008 48.8 −1.5 −3.07%
2007 50.4 −1.8 −3.37%
2006 52.1 −1.8 −3.4%
2005 53.9 −1.9 −3.35%
2004 55.8 −1.9 −3.23%
2003 57.7 −1.8 −3.06%
2002 59.5 −1.8 −2.94%
2001 61.3 −1.8 −2.86%
2000 63.1 −1.9 −2.98%
1999 65.1 −2.4 −3.49%
1998 67.4 −2.2 −3.19%
1997 69.6 −1.8 −2.48%
1996 71.4 −1.5 −2.01%
1995 72.9 −1.1 −1.46%
1994 73.9 −1 −1.39%
1993 75 −1.1 −1.48%
1992 76.1 −1.1 −1.43%
1991 77.2 −2.3 −2.85%
1990 79.5 −3.8 −4.55%
1989 83.3 −4.4 −4.99%
1988 87.6 −3 −3.27%
1987 90.6 −1 −1.13%
1986 91.6 −0.8 −0.86%
1985 92.4 −0.7 −0.71%
1984 93.1 −0.8 −0.87%
1983 93.9 −1.2 −1.27%
1982 95.1 −1.6 −1.61%
1981 96.7 −1.6 −1.61%
1980 98.3 −2.5 −2.52%
1979 100.8 −4.2 −3.98%
1978 105 −5.6 −5.02%
1977 110.5 −4.6 −3.97%
1976 115.1 −2.5 −2.11%
1975 117.6 −2 −1.65%
1974 119.5 −1.3 −1.07%
1973 120.8 −0.6 −0.48%
1972 121.4 +0.2 +0.17%
1971 121.2 +1.1 +0.91%
1970 120.1 +1.4 +1.22%
1969 118.7 +0.9 +0.75%
1968 117.8 −0.2 −0.2%
1967 118 −1.7 −1.38%
1966 119.7 −0.3 −0.24%
1965 120 +2.1 +1.81%
1964 117.8 +2.6 +2.27%
1963 115.2 +3.1 +2.81%
1962 112.1 +3.8 +3.52%
1961 108.3 +4.5 +4.34%
1960 103.7

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.