Bhutan vs Jamaica: Age dependency ratio
Bhutan
37.0%
in 2025
Jamaica
36.7%
in 2025
Bhutan rank
208th
Jamaica rank
209th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Bhutan
- Jamaica
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 37.0% against 36.7% in Jamaica, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Jamaica ahead.
Bhutan ranks 208th and Jamaica ranks 209th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 5 and Jamaica in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 79.4% | 93.8% | 14.4% | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 80.7% | 98.9% | 18.2% | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 84.0% | 82.5% | 1.6% | Bhutan |
| 1990s | 81.1% | 71.6% | 9.5% | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 63.1% | 57.7% | 5.4% | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 48.4% | 43.5% | 4.9% | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 39.1% | 37.3% | 1.8% | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Bhutan or Jamaica?
- Bhutan, at 37.0% against 36.7% in Jamaica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Bhutan and Jamaica?
- 0.3%, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Jamaica?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Jamaica rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Bhutan ranks 208th and Jamaica ranks 209th 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.