Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Vanuatu

Age dependency ratio in Vanuatu in 2025 — 73.4 per 100. Ranked 186 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 21.6%.

2025 73.4 per 100 −1.09% vs 2024
World rank 186of 217
Period maximum 95.8 per 1001980
Period minimum 70.8 per 1002010

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Vanuatu, 1960–202570809010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 93.6 per 1001962: 94.3 per 1001964: 94.5 per 1001966: 94.7 per 1001968: 95.2 per 1001970: 95.7 per 1001972: 95.2 per 1001974: 94 per 1001976: 92.5 per 1001978: 91 per 1001980: 95.8 per 1001982: 94.3 per 1001984: 93.7 per 1001986: 93.1 per 1001988: 92 per 1001990: 90.8 per 1001992: 90.7 per 1001994: 94 per 1001996: 91.6 per 1001998: 88.1 per 1002000: 84.3 per 1002002: 80.6 per 1002004: 77.1 per 1002006: 74.1 per 1002008: 71.8 per 1002010: 70.8 per 1002012: 71.2 per 1002014: 72.5 per 1002016: 73.9 per 1002018: 75.1 per 1002020: 75.6 per 1002022: 75.4 per 1002024: 74.2 per 1002025: 73.4 per 100
Change over the period: −20.2 (−21.58%) Average annual rate: -0.37 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Vanuatu 73.4 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
East Asia & Pacific 46.2 per 100
Melanesia computed 58.3 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 73.4 −0.8 −1.09%
2024 74.2 −0.7 −0.9%
2023 74.9 −0.5 −0.63%
2022 75.4 −0.2 −0.29%
2021 75.6 −0 −0.03%
2020 75.6 +0.2 +0.23%
2019 75.5 +0.4 +0.51%
2018 75.1 +0.5 +0.72%
2017 74.6 +0.6 +0.87%
2016 73.9 +0.7 +0.97%
2015 73.2 +0.7 +1.02%
2014 72.5 +0.7 +1%
2013 71.7 +0.6 +0.8%
2012 71.2 +0.3 +0.47%
2011 70.8 +0.1 +0.09%
2010 70.8 −0.3 −0.44%
2009 71.1 −0.7 −0.98%
2008 71.8 −1 −1.37%
2007 72.8 −1.3 −1.72%
2006 74.1 −1.5 −1.94%
2005 75.5 −1.6 −2.06%
2004 77.1 −1.7 −2.14%
2003 78.8 −1.8 −2.21%
2002 80.6 −1.8 −2.21%
2001 82.4 −1.9 −2.22%
2000 84.3 −1.9 −2.23%
1999 86.2 −1.9 −2.16%
1998 88.1 −1.8 −2.03%
1997 89.9 −1.6 −1.79%
1996 91.6 −1.4 −1.46%
1995 92.9 −1 −1.12%
1994 94 +1 +1.09%
1993 93 +2.3 +2.5%
1992 90.7 +0.5 +0.6%
1991 90.2 −0.6 −0.67%
1990 90.8 −0.6 −0.7%
1989 91.4 −0.6 −0.63%
1988 92 −0.6 −0.62%
1987 92.6 −0.5 −0.54%
1986 93.1 −0.4 −0.4%
1985 93.4 −0.3 −0.31%
1984 93.7 −0.3 −0.27%
1983 94 −0.3 −0.28%
1982 94.3 −0.5 −0.55%
1981 94.8 −1 −1.02%
1980 95.8 +2.3 +2.42%
1979 93.5 +2.5 +2.79%
1978 91 −0.7 −0.78%
1977 91.7 −0.8 −0.85%
1976 92.5 −0.8 −0.84%
1975 93.2 −0.8 −0.8%
1974 94 −0.7 −0.69%
1973 94.7 −0.5 −0.56%
1972 95.2 −0.4 −0.4%
1971 95.6 −0.2 −0.16%
1970 95.7 +0.1 +0.12%
1969 95.6 +0.4 +0.46%
1968 95.2 +0.4 +0.37%
1967 94.8 +0.1 +0.1%
1966 94.7 +0.1 +0.14%
1965 94.6 +0.1 +0.14%
1964 94.5 +0 +0.04%
1963 94.4 +0.1 +0.11%
1962 94.3 +0.3 +0.32%
1961 94 +0.4 +0.4%
1960 93.6

Melanesia, 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.