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Age dependency ratio — Western Asia

Age dependency ratio in Western Asia in 2025 — 52.2 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 36.8%.

2025 52.2 per 100 −1.06% vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 89.4 per 1001969
Period minimum 52.2 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Western Asia, 1960–2025506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 82.6 per 1001962: 84.8 per 1001964: 86.8 per 1001966: 88.3 per 1001968: 89.3 per 1001970: 89.4 per 1001972: 89.1 per 1001974: 88.7 per 1001976: 87.7 per 1001978: 86 per 1001980: 84.6 per 1001982: 83.7 per 1001984: 82.5 per 1001986: 81.3 per 1001988: 80 per 1001990: 79 per 1001992: 77.5 per 1001994: 76.1 per 1001996: 74.3 per 1001998: 72.1 per 1002000: 69.8 per 1002002: 67.5 per 1002004: 65.2 per 1002006: 62.6 per 1002008: 59.7 per 1002010: 57.9 per 1002012: 56.6 per 1002014: 56.4 per 1002016: 55.8 per 1002018: 55.5 per 1002020: 55.1 per 1002022: 54.2 per 1002024: 52.8 per 1002025: 52.2 per 100
Change over the period: −30.4 (−36.77%) Average annual rate: -0.7 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Western Asia 52.2 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 52.2 −0.6 −1.06%
2024 52.8 −0.7 −1.22%
2023 53.4 −0.8 −1.44%
2022 54.2 −0.7 −1.31%
2021 54.9 −0.2 −0.33%
2020 55.1 −0.2 −0.41%
2019 55.3 −0.2 −0.32%
2018 55.5 −0.1 −0.13%
2017 55.6 −0.2 −0.31%
2016 55.8 −0.4 −0.65%
2015 56.1 −0.3 −0.56%
2014 56.4 −0 −0.08%
2013 56.5 −0.2 −0.27%
2012 56.6 −0.5 −0.88%
2011 57.1 −0.7 −1.29%
2010 57.9 −0.8 −1.36%
2009 58.7 −1 −1.69%
2008 59.7 −1.3 −2.13%
2007 61 −1.6 −2.5%
2006 62.6 −1.4 −2.22%
2005 64 −1.2 −1.84%
2004 65.2 −1.2 −1.76%
2003 66.3 −1.2 −1.71%
2002 67.5 −1.2 −1.68%
2001 68.6 −1.1 −1.63%
2000 69.8 −1.2 −1.63%
1999 70.9 −1.2 −1.65%
1998 72.1 −1.1 −1.54%
1997 73.3 −1 −1.41%
1996 74.3 −1 −1.27%
1995 75.3 −0.8 −1.09%
1994 76.1 −0.7 −0.95%
1993 76.8 −0.7 −0.88%
1992 77.5 −0.7 −0.94%
1991 78.2 −0.8 −1.02%
1990 79 −0.4 −0.47%
1989 79.4 −0.6 −0.75%
1988 80 −0.6 −0.76%
1987 80.6 −0.6 −0.76%
1986 81.3 −0.6 −0.74%
1985 81.9 −0.6 −0.73%
1984 82.5 −0.6 −0.71%
1983 83 −0.6 −0.74%
1982 83.7 −0.5 −0.62%
1981 84.2 −0.4 −0.53%
1980 84.6 −0.6 −0.67%
1979 85.2 −0.8 −0.88%
1978 86 −0.9 −1.02%
1977 86.9 −0.8 −0.94%
1976 87.7 −0.6 −0.71%
1975 88.3 −0.4 −0.48%
1974 88.7 −0.3 −0.29%
1973 89 −0.1 −0.17%
1972 89.1 −0.2 −0.17%
1971 89.3 −0.1 −0.16%
1970 89.4 −0 −0.02%
1969 89.4 +0.2 +0.19%
1968 89.3 +0.4 +0.41%
1967 88.9 +0.6 +0.64%
1966 88.3 +0.7 +0.81%
1965 87.6 +0.8 +0.95%
1964 86.8 +1 +1.11%
1963 85.8 +1 +1.23%
1962 84.8 +1.1 +1.35%
1961 83.7 +1.1 +1.32%
1960 82.6 — —

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 Western Asia

Demography Population aged 15–64

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.

Western Asia by year Demography Share of population under 15

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

Western Asia by year Labor Labor force

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

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