Finland vs Post-demographic dividend: Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Finland
39.4%
in 2025
Post-demographic dividend
33.6%
in 2025
Finland rank
6th
Post-demographic dividend rank
3rd
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) over time
- Finland
- Post-demographic dividend
How they compare
Finland currently reports 39.4% against 33.6% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 5.8%.
That makes Finland's figure about 1.2 times Post-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Post-demographic dividend ahead.
Finland ranks 6th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 3rd of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 5 and Post-demographic dividend in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Post-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.4% | 14.7% | 2.3% | Post-demographic dividend |
| 1970s | 15.6% | 16.7% | 1.1% | Post-demographic dividend |
| 1980s | 18.5% | 17.8% | 0.7% | Finland |
| 1990s | 21.1% | 20.0% | 1.1% | Finland |
| 2000s | 23.8% | 22.5% | 1.3% | Finland |
| 2010s | 31.1% | 26.9% | 4.2% | Finland |
| 2020s | 38.0% | 31.8% | 6.1% | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, old, Finland or Post-demographic dividend?
- Finland, at 39.4% against 33.6% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, old between Finland and Post-demographic dividend?
- 5.8%, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Post-demographic dividend?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Finland and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for age dependency ratio, old?
- Finland ranks 6th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 3rd 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.