Portugal vs Post-demographic dividend: Age dependency ratio, old
Portugal
40.0%
in 2025
Post-demographic dividend
33.6%
in 2025
Portugal rank
3rd
Post-demographic dividend rank
3rd
Age dependency ratio, old over time
- Portugal
- Post-demographic dividend
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 40.0% against 33.6% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 6.4%.
That makes Portugal'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.
Portugal ranks 3rd and Post-demographic dividend ranks 3rd of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 5 and Post-demographic dividend in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Post-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.6% | 14.7% | 1.1% | Post-demographic dividend |
| 1970s | 16.5% | 16.7% | 0.2% | Post-demographic dividend |
| 1980s | 18.8% | 17.8% | 1.0% | Portugal |
| 1990s | 22.1% | 20.0% | 2.1% | Portugal |
| 2000s | 25.6% | 22.5% | 3.1% | Portugal |
| 2010s | 31.3% | 26.9% | 4.4% | Portugal |
| 2020s | 37.9% | 31.8% | 6.0% | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, old, Portugal or Post-demographic dividend?
- Portugal, at 40.0% against 33.6% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, old between Portugal and Post-demographic dividend?
- 6.4%, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Post-demographic dividend?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Portugal and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for age dependency ratio, old?
- Portugal ranks 3rd 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.