Barbados vs Nicaragua: Age dependency ratio
Barbados
51.9%
in 2025
Nicaragua
51.5%
in 2025
Barbados rank
142nd
Nicaragua rank
143rd
Age dependency ratio over time
- Barbados
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 51.9% against 51.5% in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Barbados ranks 142nd and Nicaragua ranks 143rd of 218 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71.9% | 101.8% | 29.9% | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 66.0% | 99.5% | 33.5% | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 54.4% | 98.9% | 44.5% | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 51.7% | 88.2% | 36.4% | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 48.0% | 70.6% | 22.6% | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 47.4% | 59.1% | 11.7% | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 50.4% | 53.3% | 2.9% | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Barbados or Nicaragua?
- Barbados, at 51.9% against 51.5% in Nicaragua as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Barbados and Nicaragua?
- 0.4%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Nicaragua?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Nicaragua rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Barbados ranks 142nd and Nicaragua ranks 143rd of 218 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.