Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Saudi Arabia

Age dependency ratio in Saudi Arabia in 2025 — 36.4 per 100. Ranked 9 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 58.4%.

2025 36.4 per 100 −0.47% vs 2024
World rank 9of 217
Period maximum 93.8 per 1001969
Period minimum 36.4 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Saudi Arabia, 1960–20252040608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 87.4 per 1001962: 89.1 per 1001964: 91.3 per 1001966: 92.8 per 1001968: 93.7 per 1001970: 93.7 per 1001972: 92.5 per 1001974: 90.7 per 1001976: 89 per 1001978: 87.3 per 1001980: 86.1 per 1001982: 84.8 per 1001984: 83.9 per 1001986: 83.4 per 1001988: 82.6 per 1001990: 81.7 per 1001992: 80 per 1001994: 77.7 per 1001996: 74.8 per 1001998: 71.4 per 1002000: 68.1 per 1002002: 64.1 per 1002004: 58.1 per 1002006: 51.9 per 1002008: 46.8 per 1002010: 42.9 per 1002012: 40.2 per 1002014: 38.3 per 1002016: 37.2 per 1002018: 39 per 1002020: 38.9 per 1002022: 37.6 per 1002024: 36.6 per 1002025: 36.4 per 100
Change over the period: −51 (−58.35%) Average annual rate: -1.34 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Saudi Arabia 36.4 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Western Asia computed 52.2 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 36.4 −0.2 −0.47%
2024 36.6 −0.3 −0.75%
2023 36.8 −0.8 −2.15%
2022 37.6 −0.9 −2.36%
2021 38.6 −0.4 −0.93%
2020 38.9 −0.4 −0.92%
2019 39.3 +0.3 +0.79%
2018 39 +1.1 +3.02%
2017 37.8 +0.6 +1.61%
2016 37.2 −0.3 −0.84%
2015 37.5 −0.7 −1.92%
2014 38.3 −0.9 −2.19%
2013 39.1 −1 −2.56%
2012 40.2 −1.2 −2.99%
2011 41.4 −1.5 −3.48%
2010 42.9 −1.8 −3.99%
2009 44.7 −2.1 −4.48%
2008 46.8 −2.4 −4.93%
2007 49.2 −2.7 −5.28%
2006 51.9 −3 −5.46%
2005 54.9 −3.1 −5.4%
2004 58.1 −3.1 −5.08%
2003 61.2 −2.9 −4.47%
2002 64.1 −2.4 −3.59%
2001 66.4 −1.7 −2.46%
2000 68.1 −1.5 −2.21%
1999 69.7 −1.8 −2.51%
1998 71.4 −1.7 −2.34%
1997 73.2 −1.6 −2.18%
1996 74.8 −1.5 −1.98%
1995 76.3 −1.4 −1.78%
1994 77.7 −1.2 −1.55%
1993 78.9 −1.1 −1.33%
1992 80 −0.9 −1.14%
1991 80.9 −0.8 −0.94%
1990 81.7 −0.6 −0.72%
1989 82.3 −0.4 −0.44%
1988 82.6 −0.4 −0.42%
1987 83 −0.5 −0.55%
1986 83.4 −0.3 −0.31%
1985 83.7 −0.2 −0.19%
1984 83.9 −0.4 −0.44%
1983 84.2 −0.6 −0.69%
1982 84.8 −0.7 −0.79%
1981 85.5 −0.6 −0.71%
1980 86.1 −0.6 −0.67%
1979 86.7 −0.7 −0.78%
1978 87.3 −0.8 −0.89%
1977 88.1 −0.8 −0.94%
1976 89 −0.8 −0.92%
1975 89.8 −0.9 −0.95%
1974 90.7 −0.9 −1.03%
1973 91.6 −0.9 −1%
1972 92.5 −0.7 −0.8%
1971 93.3 −0.4 −0.44%
1970 93.7 −0.1 −0.09%
1969 93.8 +0.1 +0.13%
1968 93.7 +0.3 +0.36%
1967 93.3 +0.5 +0.59%
1966 92.8 +0.7 +0.75%
1965 92.1 +0.8 +0.86%
1964 91.3 +1.1 +1.18%
1963 90.2 +1.1 +1.26%
1962 89.1 +0.9 +1.03%
1961 88.2 +0.8 +0.97%
1960 87.4

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.