Barbados vs Sri Lanka: Age dependency ratio
Barbados
51.9%
in 2025
Sri Lanka
51.9%
in 2025
Barbados rank
142nd
Sri Lanka rank
140th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Barbados
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 51.9% against 51.9% in Barbados, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Barbados ranks 142nd and Sri Lanka ranks 140th of 218 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71.9% | 80.0% | 8.1% | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 66.0% | 73.2% | 7.2% | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 54.4% | 66.7% | 12.3% | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 51.7% | 55.7% | 4.0% | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 48.0% | 48.5% | 0.5% | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 47.4% | 50.4% | 3.1% | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 50.4% | 51.7% | 1.4% | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Barbados or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 51.9% against 51.9% in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Barbados and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0%, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sri Lanka?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Sri Lanka rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Barbados ranks 142nd and Sri Lanka ranks 140th 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.