Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Upper-middle-income countries

Age dependency ratio in upper-middle-income countries in 2025 — 45.8 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 43%.

2025 45.8 per 100 −0.91% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 83.6 per 1001966
Period minimum 43.4 per 1002011

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Upper-middle-income countries, 1960–202540608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 80.4 per 1001962: 80.1 per 1001964: 82.8 per 1001966: 83.6 per 1001968: 82.8 per 1001970: 82.2 per 1001972: 81.2 per 1001974: 80.4 per 1001976: 80.3 per 1001978: 76.7 per 1001980: 72 per 1001982: 68.5 per 1001984: 64.9 per 1001986: 61.8 per 1001988: 59.7 per 1001990: 58.5 per 1001992: 57.5 per 1001994: 56.5 per 1001996: 55.1 per 1001998: 53.3 per 1002000: 51.5 per 1002002: 49.3 per 1002004: 47 per 1002006: 45 per 1002008: 44.1 per 1002010: 43.5 per 1002012: 43.4 per 1002014: 43.9 per 1002016: 44.6 per 1002018: 45.6 per 1002020: 46.4 per 1002022: 46.6 per 1002024: 46.2 per 1002025: 45.8 per 100
Change over the period: −34.6 (−43.01%) Average annual rate: -0.86 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 45.8 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 45.8 −0.4 −0.91%
2024 46.2 −0.3 −0.63%
2023 46.5 −0.1 −0.11%
2022 46.6 +0.1 +0.12%
2021 46.5 +0.1 +0.28%
2020 46.4 +0.3 +0.71%
2019 46.1 +0.4 +0.93%
2018 45.6 +0.5 +1.12%
2017 45.1 +0.5 +1.2%
2016 44.6 +0.4 +0.91%
2015 44.2 +0.3 +0.74%
2014 43.9 +0.3 +0.59%
2013 43.6 +0.2 +0.4%
2012 43.4 +0.1 +0.12%
2011 43.4 −0.1 −0.26%
2010 43.5 −0.2 −0.52%
2009 43.7 −0.3 −0.73%
2008 44.1 −0.4 −0.95%
2007 44.5 −0.6 −1.24%
2006 45 −0.9 −1.87%
2005 45.9 −1.1 −2.34%
2004 47 −1.1 −2.3%
2003 48.1 −1.2 −2.34%
2002 49.3 −1.2 −2.32%
2001 50.4 −1 −2.02%
2000 51.5 −0.9 −1.78%
1999 52.4 −0.9 −1.61%
1998 53.3 −0.9 −1.69%
1997 54.2 −0.9 −1.7%
1996 55.1 −0.8 −1.35%
1995 55.9 −0.6 −1.12%
1994 56.5 −0.5 −0.96%
1993 57 −0.5 −0.84%
1992 57.5 −0.5 −0.88%
1991 58 −0.5 −0.78%
1990 58.5 −0.5 −0.78%
1989 59 −0.8 −1.26%
1988 59.7 −1 −1.57%
1987 60.7 −1.1 −1.8%
1986 61.8 −1.4 −2.26%
1985 63.2 −1.7 −2.6%
1984 64.9 −1.9 −2.85%
1983 66.8 −1.7 −2.51%
1982 68.5 −1.6 −2.26%
1981 70.1 −1.9 −2.69%
1980 72 −2.1 −2.83%
1979 74.1 −2.5 −3.32%
1978 76.7 −2.5 −3.21%
1977 79.2 −1.1 −1.37%
1976 80.3 −0.1 −0.13%
1975 80.4 −0 −0.01%
1974 80.4 −0.1 −0.17%
1973 80.6 −0.6 −0.78%
1972 81.2 −0.6 −0.77%
1971 81.8 −0.4 −0.47%
1970 82.2 −0.4 −0.48%
1969 82.6 −0.2 −0.23%
1968 82.8 −0.4 −0.51%
1967 83.2 −0.4 −0.45%
1966 83.6 +0.2 +0.26%
1965 83.4 +0.6 +0.74%
1964 82.8 +1.3 +1.58%
1963 81.5 +1.4 +1.71%
1962 80.1 +0.2 +0.31%
1961 79.9 −0.5 −0.65%
1960 80.4

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.