Bahamas vs Palau: Age dependency ratio, old
Bahamas
17.2%
in 2025
Palau
16.8%
in 2025
Bahamas rank
86th
Palau rank
89th
Age dependency ratio, old over time
- Bahamas
- Palau
How they compare
Bahamas currently reports 17.2% against 16.8% in Palau, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Palau ahead.
Bahamas ranks 86th and Palau ranks 89th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 4 and Palau in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.3% | 10.0% | 3.7% | Palau |
| 1970s | 6.5% | 8.8% | 2.3% | Palau |
| 1980s | 7.5% | 8.9% | 1.4% | Palau |
| 1990s | 8.9% | 8.4% | 0.5% | Bahamas |
| 2000s | 11.7% | 7.8% | 3.9% | Bahamas |
| 2010s | 14.7% | 10.3% | 4.4% | Bahamas |
| 2020s | 16.3% | 15.1% | 1.3% | Bahamas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, old, Bahamas or Palau?
- Bahamas, at 17.2% against 16.8% in Palau as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, old between Bahamas and Palau?
- 0.4%, with Bahamas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Palau?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Bahamas and Palau rank globally for age dependency ratio, old?
- Bahamas ranks 86th and Palau ranks 89th 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.