Cuba vs Curacao: Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Cuba
25.1%
in 2025
Curacao
25.4%
in 2025
Cuba rank
59th
Curacao rank
57th
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) over time
- Cuba
- Curacao
How they compare
Curacao currently reports 25.4% against 25.1% in Cuba, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Curacao ahead.
Cuba ranks 59th and Curacao ranks 57th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 6 and Curacao in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Curacao | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.7% | 8.2% | 0.5% | Curacao |
| 1970s | 10.5% | 9.3% | 1.2% | Cuba |
| 1980s | 12.1% | 9.7% | 2.4% | Cuba |
| 1990s | 12.8% | 11.9% | 1.0% | Cuba |
| 2000s | 15.9% | 15.5% | 0.4% | Cuba |
| 2010s | 20.3% | 20.0% | 0.3% | Cuba |
| 2020s | 23.7% | 23.5% | 0.2% | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, old, Cuba or Curacao?
- Curacao, at 25.4% against 25.1% in Cuba as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, old between Cuba and Curacao?
- 0.3%, with Curacao ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Curacao?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Cuba and Curacao rank globally for age dependency ratio, old?
- Cuba ranks 59th and Curacao ranks 57th 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.