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Age dependency ratio — Central America

Age dependency ratio in Central America in 2025 — 49.6 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 49.4%.

2025 49.6 per 100 −0.82% vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 100.6 per 1001970
Period minimum 49.6 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Central America, 1960–202540608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 97.9 per 1001962: 99 per 1001964: 99.5 per 1001966: 100 per 1001968: 100.4 per 1001970: 100.6 per 1001972: 100.4 per 1001974: 99.8 per 1001976: 98.5 per 1001978: 96.6 per 1001980: 94.1 per 1001982: 90.6 per 1001984: 87.2 per 1001986: 84.2 per 1001988: 81.5 per 1001990: 78.9 per 1001992: 76.3 per 1001994: 74.1 per 1001996: 72.2 per 1001998: 70.3 per 1002000: 68.6 per 1002002: 66.9 per 1002004: 65.1 per 1002006: 63 per 1002008: 60.9 per 1002010: 58.8 per 1002012: 57.1 per 1002014: 55.7 per 1002016: 54.4 per 1002018: 53.1 per 1002020: 52 per 1002022: 50.9 per 1002024: 50 per 1002025: 49.6 per 100
Change over the period: −48.3 (−49.36%) Average annual rate: -1.04 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Central America 49.6 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 49.6 −0.4 −0.82%
2024 50 −0.4 −0.84%
2023 50.4 −0.4 −0.88%
2022 50.9 −0.5 −1.03%
2021 51.4 −0.6 −1.14%
2020 52 −0.6 −1.07%
2019 52.6 −0.5 −1.03%
2018 53.1 −0.6 −1.13%
2017 53.7 −0.7 −1.2%
2016 54.4 −0.7 −1.23%
2015 55 −0.7 −1.2%
2014 55.7 −0.7 −1.2%
2013 56.4 −0.7 −1.25%
2012 57.1 −0.8 −1.37%
2011 57.9 −0.9 −1.56%
2010 58.8 −1 −1.68%
2009 59.8 −1.1 −1.73%
2008 60.9 −1.1 −1.75%
2007 62 −1.1 −1.7%
2006 63 −1 −1.61%
2005 64.1 −1 −1.52%
2004 65.1 −0.9 −1.4%
2003 66 −0.9 −1.31%
2002 66.9 −0.9 −1.27%
2001 67.7 −0.9 −1.25%
2000 68.6 −0.9 −1.25%
1999 69.5 −0.9 −1.26%
1998 70.3 −0.9 −1.28%
1997 71.3 −0.9 −1.29%
1996 72.2 −0.9 −1.29%
1995 73.1 −1 −1.3%
1994 74.1 −1 −1.37%
1993 75.1 −1.1 −1.48%
1992 76.3 −1.3 −1.64%
1991 77.5 −1.4 −1.79%
1990 78.9 −1.4 −1.68%
1989 80.3 −1.2 −1.52%
1988 81.5 −1.3 −1.57%
1987 82.8 −1.4 −1.64%
1986 84.2 −1.4 −1.67%
1985 85.6 −1.5 −1.75%
1984 87.2 −1.6 −1.86%
1983 88.8 −1.7 −1.93%
1982 90.6 −1.9 −2.02%
1981 92.4 −1.7 −1.79%
1980 94.1 −1.3 −1.4%
1979 95.5 −1.2 −1.22%
1978 96.6 −1 −1.04%
1977 97.7 −0.9 −0.89%
1976 98.5 −0.7 −0.72%
1975 99.2 −0.6 −0.56%
1974 99.8 −0.4 −0.39%
1973 100.2 −0.2 −0.23%
1972 100.4 −0.1 −0.11%
1971 100.5 −0 −0.02%
1970 100.6 +0.1 +0.05%
1969 100.5 +0.1 +0.12%
1968 100.4 +0.2 +0.16%
1967 100.2 +0.2 +0.19%
1966 100 +0.3 +0.25%
1965 99.8 +0.3 +0.25%
1964 99.5 +0.2 +0.23%
1963 99.3 +0.3 +0.33%
1962 99 +0.5 +0.47%
1961 98.5 +0.6 +0.58%
1960 97.9 — —

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.

Other indicators for Central America

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How many people of working age a country has by the international definition.

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The share of older people in the population — the main measure of a country's aging.

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The share of children and adolescents in the population — a measure of how young a country is.

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The number of people employed or actively looking for work — the economically active population.

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