Barbados vs Uruguay: Age dependency ratio
Barbados
51.9%
in 2025
Uruguay
51.9%
in 2025
Barbados rank
141st
Uruguay rank
138th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Barbados
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 51.9% against 51.9% in Barbados, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 141st and Uruguay ranks 138th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71.9% | 56.9% | 15.0% | Barbados |
| 1970s | 66.0% | 58.9% | 7.1% | Barbados |
| 1980s | 54.4% | 59.8% | 5.4% | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 51.7% | 59.2% | 7.5% | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 48.0% | 59.2% | 11.1% | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 47.4% | 55.9% | 8.5% | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 50.4% | 53.0% | 2.6% | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Barbados or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 51.9% against 51.9% in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Barbados and Uruguay?
- 0.0%, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Uruguay?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Uruguay rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Barbados ranks 141st and Uruguay ranks 138th 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.