Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Switzerland

Age dependency ratio in Switzerland in 2025 — 54.6 per 100. Ranked 105 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 4.8%.

2025 54.6 per 100 +1.53% vs 2024
World rank 105of 217
Period maximum 54.6 per 1002025
Period minimum 46.1 per 1001988

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Switzerland, 1960–20254547.55052.55519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 52.1 per 1001962: 52.4 per 1001964: 52.6 per 1001966: 53.5 per 1001968: 53.8 per 1001970: 54.1 per 1001972: 54.6 per 1001974: 54.1 per 1001976: 53.5 per 1001978: 52.4 per 1001980: 50.6 per 1001982: 48.5 per 1001984: 46.9 per 1001986: 46.2 per 1001988: 46.1 per 1001990: 46.4 per 1001992: 46.9 per 1001994: 47.6 per 1001996: 48.2 per 1001998: 48.5 per 1002000: 48.6 per 1002002: 47.8 per 1002004: 47.3 per 1002006: 46.9 per 1002008: 46.7 per 1002010: 47 per 1002012: 47.7 per 1002014: 48.4 per 1002016: 49.1 per 1002018: 50.1 per 1002020: 51.1 per 1002022: 52.2 per 1002024: 53.8 per 1002025: 54.6 per 100
Change over the period: +2.5 (+4.77%) Average annual rate: 0.07 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Switzerland 54.6 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 55.7 per 100
Western Europe computed 60.2 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 54.6 +0.8 +1.53%
2024 53.8 +0.8 +1.54%
2023 53 +0.8 +1.49%
2022 52.2 +0.7 +1.26%
2021 51.5 +0.5 +0.91%
2020 51.1 +0.4 +0.85%
2019 50.6 +0.5 +1.08%
2018 50.1 +0.6 +1.11%
2017 49.5 +0.5 +0.97%
2016 49.1 +0.4 +0.76%
2015 48.7 +0.3 +0.71%
2014 48.4 +0.4 +0.74%
2013 48 +0.3 +0.72%
2012 47.7 +0.3 +0.71%
2011 47.3 +0.3 +0.63%
2010 47 +0.2 +0.47%
2009 46.8 +0.1 +0.19%
2008 46.7 −0.1 −0.15%
2007 46.8 −0.1 −0.22%
2006 46.9 −0.2 −0.32%
2005 47 −0.2 −0.45%
2004 47.3 −0.2 −0.53%
2003 47.5 −0.3 −0.62%
2002 47.8 −0.5 −0.98%
2001 48.3 −0.3 −0.68%
2000 48.6 +0 +0.07%
1999 48.6 +0.1 +0.17%
1998 48.5 +0.1 +0.26%
1997 48.4 +0.2 +0.43%
1996 48.2 +0.3 +0.54%
1995 47.9 +0.3 +0.58%
1994 47.6 +0.3 +0.71%
1993 47.3 +0.4 +0.89%
1992 46.9 +0.3 +0.65%
1991 46.6 +0.2 +0.45%
1990 46.4 +0.2 +0.43%
1989 46.2 +0.1 +0.23%
1988 46.1 −0 −0.01%
1987 46.1 −0.1 −0.31%
1986 46.2 −0.2 −0.52%
1985 46.4 −0.5 −0.99%
1984 46.9 −0.7 −1.5%
1983 47.6 −0.9 −1.83%
1982 48.5 −1 −2.05%
1981 49.5 −1.1 −2.08%
1980 50.6 −1 −1.88%
1979 51.6 −0.8 −1.6%
1978 52.4 −0.7 −1.24%
1977 53.1 −0.5 −0.92%
1976 53.5 −0.3 −0.59%
1975 53.9 −0.2 −0.41%
1974 54.1 −0.2 −0.44%
1973 54.3 −0.2 −0.42%
1972 54.6 −0 −0.08%
1971 54.6 +0.5 +0.85%
1970 54.1 +0.4 +0.66%
1969 53.8 −0 −0.03%
1968 53.8 +0.1 +0.12%
1967 53.7 +0.3 +0.51%
1966 53.5 +0.5 +0.88%
1965 53 +0.4 +0.82%
1964 52.6 +0.2 +0.3%
1963 52.4 +0 +0.02%
1962 52.4 +0.2 +0.44%
1961 52.2 +0 +0.1%
1960 52.1

Western Europe, 2025

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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.