Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — World

Age dependency ratio in the world in 2025 — 54.5 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 26.9%.

2025 54.5 per 100 −0.52% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 77.2 per 1001966
Period minimum 54.5 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — World, 1960–20255060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 74.5 per 1001962: 75.2 per 1001964: 76.7 per 1001966: 77.2 per 1001968: 77.1 per 1001970: 76.8 per 1001972: 76.2 per 1001974: 75.7 per 1001976: 75.4 per 1001978: 73.7 per 1001980: 71.7 per 1001982: 70 per 1001984: 68.5 per 1001986: 67.2 per 1001988: 66.4 per 1001990: 65.8 per 1001992: 65.3 per 1001994: 64.6 per 1001996: 63.6 per 1001998: 62.2 per 1002000: 60.8 per 1002002: 59.4 per 1002004: 58 per 1002006: 56.7 per 1002008: 55.8 per 1002010: 55.2 per 1002012: 55 per 1002014: 55 per 1002016: 55.2 per 1002018: 55.4 per 1002020: 55.4 per 1002022: 55.2 per 1002024: 54.7 per 1002025: 54.5 per 100
Change over the period: −20 (−26.88%) Average annual rate: -0.48 %

Comparison, 2025

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

World 54.5 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 54.5 −0.3 −0.52%
2024 54.7 −0.3 −0.46%
2023 55 −0.2 −0.31%
2022 55.2 −0.1 −0.27%
2021 55.3 −0.1 −0.19%
2020 55.4 +0 +0%
2019 55.4 +0.1 +0.12%
2018 55.4 +0.1 +0.18%
2017 55.3 +0.1 +0.19%
2016 55.2 +0.1 +0.11%
2015 55.1 +0.1 +0.11%
2014 55 +0.1 +0.09%
2013 55 +0 +0.01%
2012 55 −0.1 −0.12%
2011 55 −0.2 −0.35%
2010 55.2 −0.3 −0.5%
2009 55.5 −0.3 −0.57%
2008 55.8 −0.4 −0.7%
2007 56.2 −0.5 −0.82%
2006 56.7 −0.6 −1.02%
2005 57.3 −0.7 −1.18%
2004 58 −0.7 −1.18%
2003 58.7 −0.7 −1.18%
2002 59.4 −0.7 −1.2%
2001 60.1 −0.7 −1.19%
2000 60.8 −0.7 −1.17%
1999 61.5 −0.7 −1.16%
1998 62.2 −0.7 −1.13%
1997 63 −0.6 −1.02%
1996 63.6 −0.6 −0.86%
1995 64.2 −0.5 −0.74%
1994 64.6 −0.4 −0.56%
1993 65 −0.3 −0.42%
1992 65.3 −0.3 −0.43%
1991 65.6 −0.3 −0.4%
1990 65.8 −0.2 −0.35%
1989 66.1 −0.3 −0.49%
1988 66.4 −0.4 −0.6%
1987 66.8 −0.5 −0.68%
1986 67.2 −0.6 −0.85%
1985 67.8 −0.7 −0.98%
1984 68.5 −0.8 −1.14%
1983 69.3 −0.8 −1.09%
1982 70 −0.7 −1.03%
1981 70.8 −0.9 −1.22%
1980 71.7 −0.9 −1.27%
1979 72.6 −1.1 −1.49%
1978 73.7 −1.1 −1.49%
1977 74.8 −0.6 −0.76%
1976 75.4 −0.2 −0.27%
1975 75.6 −0.2 −0.22%
1974 75.7 −0.2 −0.23%
1973 75.9 −0.3 −0.45%
1972 76.2 −0.3 −0.4%
1971 76.6 −0.2 −0.28%
1970 76.8 −0.2 −0.27%
1969 77 −0.1 −0.1%
1968 77.1 −0.1 −0.12%
1967 77.1 −0.1 −0.07%
1966 77.2 +0.2 +0.25%
1965 77 +0.4 +0.46%
1964 76.7 +0.7 +0.89%
1963 76 +0.8 +1.08%
1962 75.2 +0.4 +0.55%
1961 74.8 +0.3 +0.37%
1960 74.5

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.