Aruba vs Panama: Age dependency ratio
Aruba
52.2%
in 2025
Panama
51.9%
in 2025
Aruba rank
134th
Panama rank
137th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Aruba
- Panama
How they compare
Aruba currently reports 52.2% against 51.9% in Panama, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Panama ahead.
Aruba ranks 134th and Panama ranks 137th of 217 countries.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Aruba | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 77.4% | 92.0% | 14.6% | Panama |
| 1970s | 63.7% | 87.8% | 24.2% | Panama |
| 1980s | 50.7% | 74.3% | 23.6% | Panama |
| 1990s | 47.8% | 63.9% | 16.0% | Panama |
| 2000s | 43.0% | 57.1% | 14.1% | Panama |
| 2010s | 44.7% | 54.2% | 9.5% | Panama |
| 2020s | 50.3% | 52.5% | 2.1% | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Aruba or Panama?
- Aruba, at 52.2% against 51.9% in Panama as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Aruba and Panama?
- 0.3%, with Aruba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Aruba and Panama?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Aruba and Panama rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Aruba ranks 134th and Panama ranks 137th of 217 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio (% 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 is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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.