Aruba vs Barbados: Age dependency ratio, old
Aruba
27.0%
in 2025
Barbados
25.9%
in 2025
Aruba rank
53rd
Barbados rank
56th
Age dependency ratio, old over time
- Aruba
- Barbados
How they compare
Aruba currently reports 27.0% against 25.9% in Barbados, a difference of 1.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Barbados ahead.
Aruba ranks 53rd and Barbados ranks 56th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Aruba averaged higher in 1 and Barbados in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Aruba | Barbados | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.6% | 8.4% | 2.7% | Barbados |
| 1970s | 8.2% | 10.1% | 1.9% | Barbados |
| 1980s | 10.5% | 13.8% | 3.3% | Barbados |
| 1990s | 9.6% | 16.6% | 7.1% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 11.4% | 16.8% | 5.4% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 16.7% | 19.0% | 2.3% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 24.2% | 23.9% | 0.3% | Aruba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, old, Aruba or Barbados?
- Aruba, at 27.0% against 25.9% in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, old between Aruba and Barbados?
- 1.1%, with Aruba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Aruba and Barbados?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Aruba and Barbados rank globally for age dependency ratio, old?
- Aruba ranks 53rd and Barbados ranks 56th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.