Chile vs Costa Rica: Age dependency ratio
Chile
45.2%
in 2025
Costa Rica
45.1%
in 2025
Chile rank
179th
Costa Rica rank
180th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Chile
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Chile currently reports 45.2% against 45.1% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Chile ranks 179th and Costa Rica ranks 180th of 218 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74.9% | 97.3% | 22.4% | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 67.4% | 81.0% | 13.6% | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 58.0% | 68.5% | 10.5% | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 55.5% | 64.4% | 8.8% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 50.1% | 52.6% | 2.4% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 45.4% | 46.0% | 0.6% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 45.1% | 45.1% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Chile or Costa Rica?
- Chile, at 45.2% against 45.1% in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Chile and Costa Rica?
- 0.1%, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Costa Rica?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Chile and Costa Rica rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Chile ranks 179th 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.