Post-demographic dividend vs Puerto Rico: Age dependency ratio, old
Post-demographic dividend
33.6%
in 2025
Puerto Rico
39.8%
in 2025
Post-demographic dividend rank
3rd
Puerto Rico rank
4th
Age dependency ratio, old over time
- Post-demographic dividend
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 39.8% against 33.6% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 6.2%.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.2 times Post-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Post-demographic dividend ahead.
Post-demographic dividend ranks 3rd and Puerto Rico ranks 4th of 47 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Post-demographic dividend averaged higher in 5 and Puerto Rico in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Post-demographic dividend | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.7% | 10.7% | 4.0% | Post-demographic dividend |
| 1970s | 16.7% | 12.7% | 3.9% | Post-demographic dividend |
| 1980s | 17.8% | 13.7% | 4.1% | Post-demographic dividend |
| 1990s | 20.0% | 16.1% | 3.9% | Post-demographic dividend |
| 2000s | 22.5% | 20.9% | 1.6% | Post-demographic dividend |
| 2010s | 26.9% | 28.2% | 1.3% | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 31.8% | 37.5% | 5.7% | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, old, Post-demographic dividend or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 39.8% against 33.6% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, old between Post-demographic dividend and Puerto Rico?
- 6.2%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Post-demographic dividend and Puerto Rico?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Post-demographic dividend and Puerto Rico rank globally for age dependency ratio, old?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 3rd and Puerto Rico ranks 4th of 47 groups.
- 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.