Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Caribbean

Age dependency ratio in the Caribbean in 2025 — 50.7 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 37.7%.

2025 50.7 per 100 −0.13% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 85.3 per 1001969
Period minimum 50.7 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Caribbean, 1960–2025506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 81.3 per 1001962: 82.3 per 1001964: 83.5 per 1001966: 84.6 per 1001968: 85.3 per 1001970: 85.1 per 1001972: 84 per 1001974: 82.6 per 1001976: 80.5 per 1001978: 77.8 per 1001980: 74.7 per 1001982: 71.5 per 1001984: 69.1 per 1001986: 67.1 per 1001988: 65.4 per 1001990: 64.2 per 1001992: 63.4 per 1001994: 62.7 per 1001996: 62.1 per 1001998: 61.1 per 1002000: 60 per 1002002: 58.8 per 1002004: 57.5 per 1002006: 56 per 1002008: 54.7 per 1002010: 53.7 per 1002012: 52.7 per 1002014: 52.1 per 1002016: 51.5 per 1002018: 51.3 per 1002020: 51.1 per 1002022: 50.9 per 1002024: 50.7 per 1002025: 50.7 per 100
Change over the period: −30.7 (−37.69%) Average annual rate: -0.73 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Caribbean 50.7 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 50.7 −0.1 −0.13%
2024 50.7 −0.1 −0.15%
2023 50.8 −0 −0.1%
2022 50.9 −0.1 −0.23%
2021 51 −0.1 −0.27%
2020 51.1 −0.1 −0.14%
2019 51.2 −0.1 −0.2%
2018 51.3 −0.1 −0.2%
2017 51.4 −0.1 −0.25%
2016 51.5 −0.3 −0.5%
2015 51.8 −0.3 −0.58%
2014 52.1 −0.3 −0.6%
2013 52.4 −0.3 −0.64%
2012 52.7 −0.4 −0.78%
2011 53.1 −0.5 −0.98%
2010 53.7 −0.5 −0.96%
2009 54.2 −0.5 −0.92%
2008 54.7 −0.6 −1.08%
2007 55.3 −0.7 −1.24%
2006 56 −0.7 −1.32%
2005 56.7 −0.7 −1.28%
2004 57.5 −0.7 −1.25%
2003 58.2 −0.6 −1.1%
2002 58.8 −0.6 −0.98%
2001 59.4 −0.6 −0.93%
2000 60 −0.6 −0.94%
1999 60.6 −0.6 −0.95%
1998 61.1 −0.5 −0.85%
1997 61.7 −0.4 −0.66%
1996 62.1 −0.3 −0.52%
1995 62.4 −0.3 −0.49%
1994 62.7 −0.3 −0.52%
1993 63 −0.4 −0.57%
1992 63.4 −0.4 −0.6%
1991 63.8 −0.4 −0.66%
1990 64.2 −0.5 −0.79%
1989 64.7 −0.7 −1.01%
1988 65.4 −0.8 −1.2%
1987 66.2 −0.9 −1.35%
1986 67.1 −1 −1.44%
1985 68.1 −1 −1.5%
1984 69.1 −1.1 −1.61%
1983 70.2 −1.3 −1.81%
1982 71.5 −1.5 −2.11%
1981 73.1 −1.6 −2.2%
1980 74.7 −1.6 −2.08%
1979 76.3 −1.5 −1.98%
1978 77.8 −1.4 −1.82%
1977 79.3 −1.3 −1.57%
1976 80.5 −1.1 −1.33%
1975 81.6 −0.9 −1.13%
1974 82.6 −0.8 −0.94%
1973 83.3 −0.7 −0.82%
1972 84 −0.6 −0.71%
1971 84.6 −0.5 −0.57%
1970 85.1 −0.2 −0.28%
1969 85.3 +0.1 +0.08%
1968 85.3 +0.3 +0.31%
1967 85 +0.4 +0.49%
1966 84.6 +0.5 +0.62%
1965 84.1 +0.6 +0.75%
1964 83.5 +0.6 +0.77%
1963 82.8 +0.6 +0.69%
1962 82.3 +0.5 +0.61%
1961 81.8 +0.4 +0.54%
1960 81.3

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.