Brazil vs Dominica: Age dependency ratio
Brazil
44.6%
in 2025
Dominica
44.5%
in 2025
Brazil rank
182nd
Dominica rank
183rd
Age dependency ratio over time
- Brazil
- Dominica
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 44.6% against 44.5% in Dominica, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Dominica ahead.
Brazil ranks 182nd and Dominica ranks 183rd of 218 countries.
Dominica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Dominica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 87.7% | 108.5% | 20.8% | Dominica |
| 1970s | 78.3% | 106.5% | 28.2% | Dominica |
| 1980s | 69.5% | 78.6% | 9.1% | Dominica |
| 1990s | 60.4% | 70.6% | 10.1% | Dominica |
| 2000s | 49.7% | 59.9% | 10.2% | Dominica |
| 2010s | 44.1% | 47.8% | 3.7% | Dominica |
| 2020s | 44.0% | 44.7% | 0.7% | Dominica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Brazil or Dominica?
- Brazil, at 44.6% against 44.5% in Dominica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Brazil and Dominica?
- 0.1%, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Dominica?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Dominica rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Brazil ranks 182nd and Dominica ranks 183rd 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.