Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Melanesia

Age dependency ratio in Melanesia in 2025 — 58.3 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 30.7%.

2025 58.3 per 100 −0.88% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 89.3 per 1001971
Period minimum 58.3 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Melanesia, 1960–2025506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 84.1 per 1001962: 85.1 per 1001964: 86.1 per 1001966: 87.2 per 1001968: 88.2 per 1001970: 89 per 1001972: 89.2 per 1001974: 88 per 1001976: 86.2 per 1001978: 83.9 per 1001980: 81.7 per 1001982: 80.6 per 1001984: 80.1 per 1001986: 79.8 per 1001988: 79.4 per 1001990: 79 per 1001992: 78 per 1001994: 76.7 per 1001996: 75.4 per 1001998: 74 per 1002000: 72.8 per 1002002: 71.5 per 1002004: 70 per 1002006: 68.7 per 1002008: 67.5 per 1002010: 66.4 per 1002012: 65.3 per 1002014: 64.3 per 1002016: 63.2 per 1002018: 62.1 per 1002020: 61 per 1002022: 59.8 per 1002024: 58.8 per 1002025: 58.3 per 100
Change over the period: −25.8 (−30.67%) Average annual rate: -0.56 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Melanesia 58.3 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 58.3 −0.5 −0.88%
2024 58.8 −0.5 −0.87%
2023 59.3 −0.5 −0.88%
2022 59.8 −0.5 −0.89%
2021 60.4 −0.6 −0.93%
2020 61 −0.6 −0.94%
2019 61.5 −0.6 −0.92%
2018 62.1 −0.6 −0.91%
2017 62.7 −0.5 −0.87%
2016 63.2 −0.5 −0.81%
2015 63.7 −0.5 −0.8%
2014 64.3 −0.5 −0.79%
2013 64.8 −0.5 −0.8%
2012 65.3 −0.5 −0.81%
2011 65.8 −0.5 −0.82%
2010 66.4 −0.6 −0.85%
2009 66.9 −0.6 −0.87%
2008 67.5 −0.6 −0.87%
2007 68.1 −0.6 −0.88%
2006 68.7 −0.6 −0.91%
2005 69.3 −0.7 −0.99%
2004 70 −0.7 −1.02%
2003 70.8 −0.7 −0.97%
2002 71.5 −0.7 −0.92%
2001 72.1 −0.6 −0.88%
2000 72.8 −0.6 −0.85%
1999 73.4 −0.7 −0.88%
1998 74 −0.7 −0.89%
1997 74.7 −0.7 −0.88%
1996 75.4 −0.7 −0.9%
1995 76 −0.7 −0.91%
1994 76.7 −0.6 −0.81%
1993 77.4 −0.6 −0.75%
1992 78 −0.6 −0.75%
1991 78.5 −0.5 −0.57%
1990 79 −0.2 −0.31%
1989 79.2 −0.2 −0.23%
1988 79.4 −0.2 −0.23%
1987 79.6 −0.2 −0.21%
1986 79.8 −0.2 −0.2%
1985 79.9 −0.2 −0.22%
1984 80.1 −0.2 −0.26%
1983 80.3 −0.3 −0.34%
1982 80.6 −0.4 −0.45%
1981 81 −0.8 −0.94%
1980 81.7 −1.1 −1.31%
1979 82.8 −1.1 −1.31%
1978 83.9 −1.2 −1.37%
1977 85.1 −1.1 −1.28%
1976 86.2 −1 −1.1%
1975 87.1 −0.8 −0.93%
1974 88 −0.7 −0.79%
1973 88.7 −0.5 −0.59%
1972 89.2 −0.1 −0.13%
1971 89.3 +0.3 +0.29%
1970 89 +0.4 +0.43%
1969 88.7 +0.5 +0.53%
1968 88.2 +0.5 +0.56%
1967 87.7 +0.5 +0.58%
1966 87.2 +0.5 +0.61%
1965 86.7 +0.5 +0.61%
1964 86.1 +0.5 +0.58%
1963 85.6 +0.5 +0.6%
1962 85.1 +0.5 +0.61%
1961 84.6 +0.5 +0.64%
1960 84.1

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.