Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Syria

Age dependency ratio in Syria in 2025 — 49.9 per 100. Ranked 64 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 50.7%.

2025 49.9 per 100 −2.76% vs 2024
World rank 64of 217
Period maximum 107.1 per 1001977
Period minimum 49.9 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Syria, 1960–202540608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 101.3 per 1001962: 103 per 1001964: 103.9 per 1001966: 105.5 per 1001968: 106.5 per 1001970: 107 per 1001972: 106.9 per 1001974: 106.9 per 1001976: 107.1 per 1001978: 107 per 1001980: 106.7 per 1001982: 105.7 per 1001984: 104 per 1001986: 102.3 per 1001988: 100.5 per 1001990: 98.1 per 1001992: 95 per 1001994: 91.6 per 1001996: 88.7 per 1001998: 85.7 per 1002000: 82.4 per 1002002: 79 per 1002004: 75.6 per 1002006: 70.9 per 1002008: 65.6 per 1002010: 65.5 per 1002012: 66.9 per 1002014: 77.8 per 1002016: 80.1 per 1002018: 73.6 per 1002020: 64.3 per 1002022: 57.7 per 1002024: 51.3 per 1002025: 49.9 per 100
Change over the period: −51.4 (−50.74%) Average annual rate: -1.08 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Syria 49.9 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Western Asia computed 52.2 per 100
Low-income countries computed 79.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 49.9 −1.4 −2.76%
2024 51.3 −2.6 −4.83%
2023 53.9 −3.8 −6.64%
2022 57.7 −3.5 −5.71%
2021 61.2 −3.1 −4.78%
2020 64.3 −4 −5.92%
2019 68.3 −5.3 −7.16%
2018 73.6 −4 −5.18%
2017 77.6 −2.5 −3.1%
2016 80.1 −0.8 −0.97%
2015 80.9 +3.1 +4.03%
2014 77.8 +6.1 +8.48%
2013 71.7 +4.8 +7.14%
2012 66.9 +1.5 +2.27%
2011 65.4 −0.1 −0.1%
2010 65.5 −0.4 −0.61%
2009 65.9 +0.3 +0.39%
2008 65.6 −1.3 −1.94%
2007 66.9 −3.9 −5.54%
2006 70.9 −3 −4.06%
2005 73.9 −1.7 −2.26%
2004 75.6 −1.7 −2.22%
2003 77.3 −1.7 −2.13%
2002 79 −1.7 −2.12%
2001 80.7 −1.7 −2.06%
2000 82.4 −1.7 −1.97%
1999 84 −1.6 −1.89%
1998 85.7 −1.5 −1.76%
1997 87.2 −1.5 −1.65%
1996 88.7 −1.5 −1.62%
1995 90.1 −1.5 −1.67%
1994 91.6 −1.6 −1.76%
1993 93.3 −1.7 −1.79%
1992 95 −1.6 −1.68%
1991 96.6 −1.4 −1.47%
1990 98.1 −1.3 −1.31%
1989 99.4 −1.1 −1.13%
1988 100.5 −1 −0.96%
1987 101.5 −0.9 −0.85%
1986 102.3 −0.8 −0.81%
1985 103.2 −0.9 −0.82%
1984 104 −0.8 −0.78%
1983 104.9 −0.8 −0.78%
1982 105.7 −0.7 −0.63%
1981 106.3 −0.3 −0.32%
1980 106.7 −0.2 −0.18%
1979 106.9 −0.2 −0.15%
1978 107 −0.1 −0.08%
1977 107.1 +0 +0.01%
1976 107.1 +0.1 +0.11%
1975 107 +0.1 +0.11%
1974 106.9 +0 +0.03%
1973 106.8 −0 −0.04%
1972 106.9 −0.1 −0.1%
1971 107 +0 +0.02%
1970 107 +0.2 +0.19%
1969 106.8 +0.3 +0.3%
1968 106.5 +0.4 +0.41%
1967 106 +0.6 +0.54%
1966 105.5 +0.7 +0.68%
1965 104.7 +0.9 +0.85%
1964 103.9 +0.5 +0.5%
1963 103.3 +0.3 +0.28%
1962 103 +0.8 +0.75%
1961 102.3 +1 +1.02%
1960 101.3

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.