Australia vs Netherlands: Age dependency ratio
Australia
55.7%
in 2025
Netherlands
55.8%
in 2025
Australia rank
104th
Netherlands rank
103rd
Age dependency ratio over time
- Australia
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 55.8% against 55.7% in Australia, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Netherlands ahead.
Australia ranks 104th and Netherlands ranks 103rd of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Netherlands in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61.7% | 61.5% | 0.2% | Australia |
| 1970s | 56.8% | 56.6% | 0.2% | Australia |
| 1980s | 51.4% | 47.2% | 4.2% | Australia |
| 1990s | 49.9% | 46.3% | 3.5% | Australia |
| 2000s | 48.7% | 48.1% | 0.6% | Australia |
| 2010s | 50.7% | 51.8% | 1.1% | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 54.7% | 54.7% | 0.0% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Australia or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 55.8% against 55.7% in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Australia and Netherlands?
- 0.1%, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Netherlands?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Netherlands rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Australia ranks 104th and Netherlands ranks 103rd 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.