Channel Islands vs Norway: Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Channel Islands
31.1%
in 2025
Norway
29.4%
in 2025
Channel Islands rank
37th
Norway rank
40th
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) over time
- Channel Islands
- Norway
How they compare
Channel Islands currently reports 31.1% against 29.4% in Norway, a difference of 1.7%.
That makes Channel Islands's figure about 1.1 times Norway's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Channel Islands ahead.
Channel Islands ranks 37th and Norway ranks 40th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Channel Islands averaged higher in 4 and Norway in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Channel Islands | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.6% | 18.8% | 1.8% | Channel Islands |
| 1970s | 22.0% | 21.8% | 0.3% | Channel Islands |
| 1980s | 21.6% | 24.3% | 2.7% | Norway |
| 1990s | 21.0% | 24.7% | 3.7% | Norway |
| 2000s | 21.8% | 22.6% | 0.8% | Norway |
| 2010s | 25.4% | 24.6% | 0.8% | Channel Islands |
| 2020s | 29.7% | 28.4% | 1.3% | Channel Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, old, Channel Islands or Norway?
- Channel Islands, at 31.1% against 29.4% in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, old between Channel Islands and Norway?
- 1.7%, with Channel Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Channel Islands and Norway?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Channel Islands and Norway rank globally for age dependency ratio, old?
- Channel Islands ranks 37th and Norway ranks 40th 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.