Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Eastern Asia

Age dependency ratio in Eastern Asia in 2025 — 45.7 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 40.3%.

2025 45.7 per 100 −1.25% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 78 per 1001966
Period minimum 39 per 1002009

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Eastern Asia, 1960–202530405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 76.5 per 1001962: 74.8 per 1001964: 77.5 per 1001966: 78 per 1001968: 77 per 1001970: 76.4 per 1001972: 75.5 per 1001974: 75.1 per 1001976: 75.7 per 1001978: 71.4 per 1001980: 65.7 per 1001982: 61.7 per 1001984: 57.4 per 1001986: 53.7 per 1001988: 51.5 per 1001990: 50.7 per 1001992: 50.3 per 1001994: 49.8 per 1001996: 48.8 per 1001998: 47.3 per 1002000: 45.9 per 1002002: 43.9 per 1002004: 41.6 per 1002006: 39.6 per 1002008: 39.1 per 1002010: 39.1 per 1002012: 39.7 per 1002014: 40.9 per 1002016: 42.5 per 1002018: 44.5 per 1002020: 45.9 per 1002022: 46.6 per 1002024: 46.2 per 1002025: 45.7 per 100
Change over the period: −30.9 (−40.34%) Average annual rate: -0.79 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Eastern Asia 45.7 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 45.7 −0.6 −1.25%
2024 46.2 −0.4 −0.8%
2023 46.6 +0 +0.07%
2022 46.6 +0.2 +0.54%
2021 46.3 +0.4 +0.88%
2020 45.9 +0.7 +1.49%
2019 45.3 +0.8 +1.77%
2018 44.5 +1 +2.2%
2017 43.5 +1 +2.36%
2016 42.5 +0.8 +1.95%
2015 41.7 +0.7 +1.83%
2014 40.9 +0.7 +1.71%
2013 40.3 +0.6 +1.51%
2012 39.7 +0.4 +1.1%
2011 39.2 +0.2 +0.44%
2010 39.1 +0 +0.03%
2009 39 −0.1 −0.17%
2008 39.1 −0.2 −0.45%
2007 39.3 −0.3 −0.86%
2006 39.6 −0.8 −1.97%
2005 40.4 −1.2 −2.78%
2004 41.6 −1.1 −2.65%
2003 42.7 −1.2 −2.68%
2002 43.9 −1.2 −2.57%
2001 45 −0.9 −1.97%
2000 45.9 −0.7 −1.53%
1999 46.7 −0.6 −1.27%
1998 47.3 −0.7 −1.48%
1997 48 −0.8 −1.63%
1996 48.8 −0.6 −1.17%
1995 49.4 −0.4 −0.89%
1994 49.8 −0.3 −0.61%
1993 50.1 −0.2 −0.4%
1992 50.3 −0.3 −0.53%
1991 50.6 −0.1 −0.27%
1990 50.7 −0.2 −0.33%
1989 50.9 −0.7 −1.28%
1988 51.5 −1 −1.82%
1987 52.5 −1.2 −2.22%
1986 53.7 −1.7 −3.01%
1985 55.3 −2 −3.53%
1984 57.4 −2.3 −3.88%
1983 59.7 −2 −3.26%
1982 61.7 −1.7 −2.73%
1981 63.4 −2.3 −3.43%
1980 65.7 −2.6 −3.77%
1979 68.2 −3.2 −4.47%
1978 71.4 −3.1 −4.21%
1977 74.6 −1.1 −1.5%
1976 75.7 +0.2 +0.29%
1975 75.5 +0.4 +0.47%
1974 75.1 +0.2 +0.27%
1973 74.9 −0.5 −0.7%
1972 75.5 −0.6 −0.74%
1971 76 −0.3 −0.42%
1970 76.4 −0.4 −0.54%
1969 76.8 −0.2 −0.28%
1968 77 −0.5 −0.63%
1967 77.5 −0.5 −0.7%
1966 78 +0.1 +0.12%
1965 77.9 +0.5 +0.6%
1964 77.5 +1.3 +1.65%
1963 76.2 +1.4 +1.85%
1962 74.8 −0.3 −0.43%
1961 75.2 −1.4 −1.81%
1960 76.5

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.