Brazil vs Cyprus: Age dependency ratio
Brazil
44.6%
in 2025
Cyprus
45.0%
in 2025
Brazil rank
182nd
Cyprus rank
181st
Age dependency ratio over time
- Brazil
- Cyprus
How they compare
Cyprus currently reports 45.0% against 44.6% in Brazil, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 182nd and Cyprus ranks 181st of 218 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Cyprus | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 87.7% | 69.9% | 17.8% | Brazil |
| 1970s | 78.3% | 62.4% | 15.9% | Brazil |
| 1980s | 69.5% | 53.1% | 16.4% | Brazil |
| 1990s | 60.4% | 51.6% | 8.8% | Brazil |
| 2000s | 49.7% | 43.7% | 6.0% | Brazil |
| 2010s | 44.1% | 40.0% | 4.1% | Brazil |
| 2020s | 44.0% | 43.4% | 0.6% | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Brazil or Cyprus?
- Cyprus, at 45.0% against 44.6% in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Brazil and Cyprus?
- 0.4%, with Cyprus ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Cyprus?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Cyprus rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Brazil ranks 182nd and Cyprus ranks 181st 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.