Canada vs Switzerland: Age dependency ratio
Canada
54.4%
in 2025
Switzerland
54.6%
in 2025
Canada rank
115th
Switzerland rank
113th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Canada
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 54.6% against 54.4% in Canada, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 115th and Switzerland ranks 113th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 3 and Switzerland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68.7% | 52.9% | 15.8% | Canada |
| 1970s | 54.2% | 53.6% | 0.6% | Canada |
| 1980s | 46.4% | 47.4% | 1.0% | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 47.5% | 47.6% | 0.1% | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 44.9% | 47.4% | 2.5% | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 47.2% | 48.6% | 1.4% | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 52.8% | 52.7% | 0.1% | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Canada or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 54.6% against 54.4% in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Canada and Switzerland?
- 0.2%, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Switzerland?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Switzerland rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Canada ranks 115th and Switzerland ranks 113th 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.