Brazil vs Costa Rica: Age dependency ratio
Brazil
44.6%
in 2025
Costa Rica
45.1%
in 2025
Brazil rank
182nd
Costa Rica rank
180th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Brazil
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 45.1% against 44.6% in Brazil, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Brazil ranks 182nd and Costa Rica ranks 180th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Costa Rica in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 87.7% | 97.3% | 9.6% | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 78.3% | 81.0% | 2.7% | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 69.5% | 68.5% | 1.0% | Brazil |
| 1990s | 60.4% | 64.4% | 3.9% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 49.7% | 52.6% | 2.9% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 44.1% | 46.0% | 1.9% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 44.0% | 45.1% | 1.1% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Brazil or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 45.1% against 44.6% in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 0.5%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Costa Rica rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Brazil ranks 182nd and Costa Rica ranks 180th 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.