Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Uruguay

Age dependency ratio in Uruguay in 2025 — 51.9 per 100. Ranked 79 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 6.7%.

2025 51.9 per 100 −0.7% vs 2024
World rank 79of 217
Period maximum 60.1 per 1001980
Period minimum 51.9 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Uruguay, 1960–20255052.55557.56062.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 55.7 per 1001962: 56.1 per 1001964: 56.8 per 1001966: 57.4 per 1001968: 57.8 per 1001970: 58.1 per 1001972: 58.2 per 1001974: 58.4 per 1001976: 59.2 per 1001978: 59.9 per 1001980: 60.1 per 1001982: 60 per 1001984: 59.8 per 1001986: 59.6 per 1001988: 59.6 per 1001990: 59.3 per 1001992: 58.9 per 1001994: 58.8 per 1001996: 59.3 per 1001998: 59.6 per 1002000: 59.8 per 1002002: 59.8 per 1002004: 59.5 per 1002006: 59 per 1002008: 58.3 per 1002010: 57.4 per 1002012: 56.5 per 1002014: 55.9 per 1002016: 55.5 per 1002018: 54.9 per 1002020: 54.2 per 1002022: 53.1 per 1002024: 52.3 per 1002025: 51.9 per 100
Change over the period: −3.8 (−6.75%) Average annual rate: -0.11 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Uruguay 51.9 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
South America computed 46.8 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 51.9 −0.4 −0.7%
2024 52.3 −0.4 −0.71%
2023 52.7 −0.4 −0.8%
2022 53.1 −0.6 −1.03%
2021 53.6 −0.5 −0.95%
2020 54.2 −0.4 −0.73%
2019 54.6 −0.4 −0.64%
2018 54.9 −0.3 −0.55%
2017 55.2 −0.2 −0.44%
2016 55.5 −0.2 −0.34%
2015 55.7 −0.2 −0.42%
2014 55.9 −0.3 −0.53%
2013 56.2 −0.3 −0.6%
2012 56.5 −0.4 −0.75%
2011 57 −0.5 −0.82%
2010 57.4 −0.5 −0.79%
2009 57.9 −0.4 −0.72%
2008 58.3 −0.4 −0.63%
2007 58.7 −0.3 −0.53%
2006 59 −0.2 −0.39%
2005 59.2 −0.2 −0.4%
2004 59.5 −0.3 −0.42%
2003 59.7 −0.1 −0.22%
2002 59.8 −0 −0.02%
2001 59.8 +0 +0.06%
2000 59.8 +0.1 +0.11%
1999 59.7 +0.1 +0.16%
1998 59.6 +0.2 +0.26%
1997 59.5 +0.2 +0.4%
1996 59.3 +0.3 +0.46%
1995 59 +0.2 +0.32%
1994 58.8 +0 +0.05%
1993 58.8 −0.1 −0.15%
1992 58.9 −0.2 −0.31%
1991 59 −0.2 −0.42%
1990 59.3 −0.2 −0.35%
1989 59.5 −0.1 −0.17%
1988 59.6 −0 −0.02%
1987 59.6 +0 +0.02%
1986 59.6 −0 −0.07%
1985 59.6 −0.1 −0.19%
1984 59.8 −0.1 −0.24%
1983 59.9 −0.1 −0.2%
1982 60 −0.1 −0.13%
1981 60.1 −0 −0.06%
1980 60.1 +0.1 +0.08%
1979 60.1 +0.2 +0.32%
1978 59.9 +0.3 +0.54%
1977 59.6 +0.4 +0.68%
1976 59.2 +0.4 +0.69%
1975 58.8 +0.3 +0.56%
1974 58.4 +0.2 +0.33%
1973 58.3 +0.1 +0.11%
1972 58.2 +0 +0.05%
1971 58.2 +0.1 +0.12%
1970 58.1 +0.1 +0.19%
1969 58 +0.1 +0.23%
1968 57.8 +0.2 +0.31%
1967 57.7 +0.2 +0.42%
1966 57.4 +0.3 +0.5%
1965 57.1 +0.3 +0.59%
1964 56.8 +0.4 +0.64%
1963 56.4 +0.3 +0.55%
1962 56.1 +0.2 +0.43%
1961 55.9 +0.2 +0.39%
1960 55.7

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.