Costa Rica vs Trinidad and Tobago: Age dependency ratio, old
Costa Rica
18.5%
in 2025
Trinidad and Tobago
18.6%
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
81st
Trinidad and Tobago rank
80th
Age dependency ratio, old over time
- Costa Rica
- Trinidad and Tobago
How they compare
Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 18.6% against 18.5% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 81st and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 80th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Trinidad and Tobago in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Trinidad and Tobago | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.1% | 6.6% | 0.5% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1970s | 6.4% | 7.4% | 1.1% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1980s | 6.9% | 7.2% | 0.3% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1990s | 8.2% | 7.2% | 1.0% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 9.6% | 7.4% | 2.2% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 12.6% | 10.9% | 1.7% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 16.8% | 16.6% | 0.2% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, old, Costa Rica or Trinidad and Tobago?
- Trinidad and Tobago, at 18.6% against 18.5% in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, old between Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 0.1%, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for age dependency ratio, old?
- Costa Rica ranks 81st and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 80th 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.