Croatia vs Greece: Age dependency ratio
Croatia
59.5%
in 2025
Greece
59.4%
in 2025
Croatia rank
77th
Greece rank
79th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Croatia
- Greece
How they compare
Croatia currently reports 59.5% against 59.4% in Greece, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Croatia ahead.
Croatia ranks 77th and Greece ranks 79th of 218 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Croatia | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51.1% | 51.8% | 0.8% | Greece |
| 1970s | 48.3% | 56.0% | 7.7% | Greece |
| 1980s | 46.4% | 53.7% | 7.3% | Greece |
| 1990s | 46.7% | 49.0% | 2.3% | Greece |
| 2000s | 49.8% | 49.8% | 0.0% | Greece |
| 2010s | 51.5% | 54.6% | 3.0% | Greece |
| 2020s | 58.2% | 58.7% | 0.5% | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Croatia or Greece?
- Croatia, at 59.5% against 59.4% in Greece as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Croatia and Greece?
- 0.1%, with Croatia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Greece?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Croatia and Greece rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Croatia ranks 77th and Greece ranks 79th 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.