Cayman Islands vs Maldives: Age dependency ratio
Cayman Islands
34.4%
in 2025
Maldives
31.6%
in 2025
Cayman Islands rank
212th
Maldives rank
214th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Cayman Islands
- Maldives
How they compare
Cayman Islands currently reports 34.4% against 31.6% in Maldives, a difference of 2.8%.
That makes Cayman Islands's figure about 1.1 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Cayman Islands ahead.
Cayman Islands ranks 212th and Maldives ranks 214th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cayman Islands averaged higher in 2 and Maldives in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cayman Islands | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82.7% | 79.8% | 2.9% | Cayman Islands |
| 1970s | 69.7% | 92.9% | 23.2% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 47.4% | 94.3% | 46.9% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 35.9% | 94.2% | 58.3% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 32.5% | 61.3% | 28.8% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 31.2% | 38.0% | 6.8% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 32.8% | 32.4% | 0.4% | Cayman Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Cayman Islands or Maldives?
- Cayman Islands, at 34.4% against 31.6% in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Cayman Islands and Maldives?
- 2.8%, with Cayman Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cayman Islands and Maldives?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Cayman Islands and Maldives rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Cayman Islands ranks 212th and Maldives ranks 214th 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.