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Age dependency ratio — Tonga

Age dependency ratio in Tonga in 2025 — 71.7 per 100. Ranked 183 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 24.8%.

2025 71.7 per 100 −1.42% vs 2024
World rank 183of 217
Period maximum 98.3 per 1001971
Period minimum 71.7 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Tonga, 1960–202570809010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 95.4 per 1001962: 95.6 per 1001964: 96.1 per 1001966: 96.2 per 1001968: 97.4 per 1001970: 98.2 per 1001972: 98.1 per 1001974: 97.5 per 1001976: 97.3 per 1001978: 94.4 per 1001980: 91.5 per 1001982: 88.8 per 1001984: 86.2 per 1001986: 84.7 per 1001988: 83.3 per 1001990: 82.5 per 1001992: 82.2 per 1001994: 81.8 per 1001996: 81.2 per 1001998: 79.3 per 1002000: 77.7 per 1002002: 77.3 per 1002004: 78 per 1002006: 78.7 per 1002008: 77.9 per 1002010: 76.5 per 1002012: 76 per 1002014: 75.3 per 1002016: 74 per 1002018: 73.5 per 1002020: 72.7 per 1002022: 72.8 per 1002024: 72.8 per 1002025: 71.7 per 100
Change over the period: −23.7 (−24.82%) Average annual rate: -0.44 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Tonga 71.7 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
East Asia & Pacific 46.2 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 45.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Tonga, by year Tonga All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 71.7 −1 −1.42%
2024 72.8 −0.3 −0.44%
2023 73.1 +0.2 +0.34%
2022 72.8 +0.2 +0.29%
2021 72.6 −0.1 −0.14%
2020 72.7 −0.4 −0.49%
2019 73.1 −0.4 −0.52%
2018 73.5 −0.3 −0.38%
2017 73.8 −0.3 −0.38%
2016 74 −0.6 −0.81%
2015 74.6 −0.6 −0.83%
2014 75.3 −0.4 −0.53%
2013 75.7 −0.3 −0.42%
2012 76 −0.2 −0.26%
2011 76.2 −0.4 −0.46%
2010 76.5 −0.6 −0.84%
2009 77.2 −0.7 −0.92%
2008 77.9 −0.6 −0.82%
2007 78.5 −0.2 −0.19%
2006 78.7 +0.3 +0.4%
2005 78.4 +0.4 +0.52%
2004 78 +0.4 +0.56%
2003 77.5 +0.3 +0.33%
2002 77.3 −0.1 −0.06%
2001 77.3 −0.4 −0.48%
2000 77.7 −0.7 −0.87%
1999 78.4 −0.9 −1.18%
1998 79.3 −1.1 −1.38%
1997 80.4 −0.8 −0.96%
1996 81.2 −0.3 −0.41%
1995 81.5 −0.3 −0.34%
1994 81.8 −0.2 −0.27%
1993 82 −0.1 −0.16%
1992 82.2 −0.1 −0.14%
1991 82.3 −0.2 −0.23%
1990 82.5 −0.3 −0.39%
1989 82.8 −0.5 −0.64%
1988 83.3 −0.8 −0.92%
1987 84.1 −0.6 −0.71%
1986 84.7 −0.5 −0.64%
1985 85.3 −0.9 −1.09%
1984 86.2 −1.2 −1.42%
1983 87.4 −1.4 −1.56%
1982 88.8 −1.4 −1.5%
1981 90.2 −1.3 −1.46%
1980 91.5 −1.4 −1.5%
1979 92.9 −1.5 −1.61%
1978 94.4 −1.7 −1.74%
1977 96.1 −1.2 −1.18%
1976 97.3 −0.3 −0.33%
1975 97.6 +0 +0.04%
1974 97.5 −0.2 −0.18%
1973 97.7 −0.4 −0.42%
1972 98.1 −0.2 −0.17%
1971 98.3 +0.1 +0.08%
1970 98.2 +0.3 +0.31%
1969 97.9 +0.5 +0.54%
1968 97.4 +0.8 +0.8%
1967 96.6 +0.4 +0.41%
1966 96.2 −0 −0.04%
1965 96.3 +0.1 +0.12%
1964 96.1 +0.2 +0.2%
1963 95.9 +0.3 +0.31%
1962 95.6 +0.2 +0.2%
1961 95.4 +0 +0.03%
1960 95.4 — —

Polynesia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

PF French Polynesia 43.7 AS American Samoa 53.6 TV Tuvalu 66.8 TO Tonga 71.7 WS Samoa 79
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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.

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