Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Spain

Age dependency ratio in Spain in 2025 — 52.1 per 100. Ranked 82 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 5.7%.

2025 52.1 per 100 +0.87% vs 2024
World rank 82of 217
Period maximum 60.6 per 1001973
Period minimum 45 per 1002007

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Spain, 1960–202540455055606519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 55.3 per 1001962: 56 per 1001964: 56.2 per 1001966: 57.7 per 1001968: 58.9 per 1001970: 59.9 per 1001972: 60.5 per 1001974: 60.5 per 1001976: 60.4 per 1001978: 60.1 per 1001980: 59 per 1001982: 57.1 per 1001984: 55.1 per 1001986: 53.3 per 1001988: 51.7 per 1001990: 50 per 1001992: 48.3 per 1001994: 46.9 per 1001996: 46 per 1001998: 45.7 per 1002000: 45.7 per 1002002: 46 per 1002004: 45.2 per 1002006: 45.1 per 1002008: 45.2 per 1002010: 46.7 per 1002012: 48.2 per 1002014: 49.9 per 1002016: 50.8 per 1002018: 51.2 per 1002020: 51 per 1002022: 51 per 1002024: 51.7 per 1002025: 52.1 per 100
Change over the period: −3.2 (−5.74%) Average annual rate: -0.09 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Spain 52.1 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 — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 52.1 +0.4 +0.87%
2024 51.7 +0.4 +0.69%
2023 51.3 +0.3 +0.58%
2022 51 +0.1 +0.28%
2021 50.9 −0.1 −0.17%
2020 51 −0.2 −0.32%
2019 51.1 −0.1 −0.17%
2018 51.2 +0.1 +0.24%
2017 51.1 +0.3 +0.57%
2016 50.8 +0.3 +0.66%
2015 50.5 +0.5 +1.05%
2014 49.9 +0.9 +1.75%
2013 49.1 +0.9 +1.86%
2012 48.2 +0.7 +1.56%
2011 47.4 +0.8 +1.69%
2010 46.7 +0.8 +1.76%
2009 45.8 +0.7 +1.44%
2008 45.2 +0.2 +0.48%
2007 45 −0.1 −0.24%
2006 45.1 +0.1 +0.13%
2005 45 −0.2 −0.41%
2004 45.2 −0.5 −1.02%
2003 45.7 −0.3 −0.62%
2002 46 +0 +0.1%
2001 45.9 +0.2 +0.5%
2000 45.7 +0.1 +0.12%
1999 45.6 −0 −0.07%
1998 45.7 −0.1 −0.2%
1997 45.8 −0.2 −0.46%
1996 46 −0.4 −0.86%
1995 46.4 −0.6 −1.18%
1994 46.9 −0.6 −1.35%
1993 47.6 −0.7 −1.5%
1992 48.3 −0.8 −1.66%
1991 49.1 −0.9 −1.79%
1990 50 −0.9 −1.73%
1989 50.9 −0.8 −1.57%
1988 51.7 −0.8 −1.49%
1987 52.5 −0.8 −1.48%
1986 53.3 −0.9 −1.58%
1985 54.1 −1 −1.75%
1984 55.1 −1 −1.81%
1983 56.1 −1 −1.74%
1982 57.1 −1.1 −1.85%
1981 58.2 −0.9 −1.47%
1980 59 −0.6 −0.99%
1979 59.6 −0.5 −0.83%
1978 60.1 −0.2 −0.37%
1977 60.3 −0 −0.04%
1976 60.4 +0 +0.05%
1975 60.3 −0.1 −0.22%
1974 60.5 −0.1 −0.2%
1973 60.6 +0.1 +0.16%
1972 60.5 +0.2 +0.31%
1971 60.3 +0.4 +0.65%
1970 59.9 +0.5 +0.88%
1969 59.4 +0.5 +0.9%
1968 58.9 +0.6 +0.94%
1967 58.3 +0.6 +1.07%
1966 57.7 +0.8 +1.4%
1965 56.9 +0.7 +1.18%
1964 56.2 +0.2 +0.3%
1963 56.1 +0.1 +0.16%
1962 56 +0.4 +0.66%
1961 55.6 +0.3 +0.59%
1960 55.3

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.