Bhutan vs Saint Lucia: Age dependency ratio
Bhutan
37.0%
in 2025
Saint Lucia
37.4%
in 2025
Bhutan rank
208th
Saint Lucia rank
206th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Bhutan
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 37.4% against 37.0% in Bhutan, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Saint Lucia ahead.
Bhutan ranks 208th and Saint Lucia ranks 206th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 4 and Saint Lucia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 79.4% | 115.1% | 35.7% | Saint Lucia |
| 1970s | 80.7% | 115.2% | 34.5% | Saint Lucia |
| 1980s | 84.0% | 92.3% | 8.2% | Saint Lucia |
| 1990s | 81.1% | 72.8% | 8.3% | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 63.1% | 55.0% | 8.1% | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 48.4% | 41.5% | 6.9% | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 39.1% | 37.4% | 1.7% | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Bhutan or Saint Lucia?
- Saint Lucia, at 37.4% against 37.0% in Bhutan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Bhutan and Saint Lucia?
- 0.4%, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Saint Lucia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Saint Lucia rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Bhutan ranks 208th and Saint Lucia ranks 206th 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.