Croatia vs Latvia: Age dependency ratio
Croatia
59.5%
in 2025
Latvia
59.7%
in 2025
Croatia rank
77th
Latvia rank
74th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Croatia
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 59.7% against 59.5% in Croatia, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Croatia ahead.
Croatia ranks 77th and Latvia ranks 74th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 2 and Latvia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Croatia | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51.1% | 49.7% | 1.3% | Croatia |
| 1970s | 48.3% | 50.8% | 2.6% | Latvia |
| 1980s | 46.4% | 49.5% | 3.0% | Latvia |
| 1990s | 46.7% | 51.2% | 4.5% | Latvia |
| 2000s | 49.8% | 46.9% | 2.8% | Croatia |
| 2010s | 51.5% | 52.4% | 0.9% | Latvia |
| 2020s | 58.2% | 58.7% | 0.5% | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Croatia or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 59.7% against 59.5% in Croatia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Croatia and Latvia?
- 0.2%, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Latvia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Croatia and Latvia rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Croatia ranks 77th and Latvia ranks 74th 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.