Faroe Islands vs Sweden: Age dependency ratio
Faroe Islands
60.4%
in 2025
Sweden
60.3%
in 2025
Faroe Islands rank
70th
Sweden rank
71st
Age dependency ratio over time
- Faroe Islands
- Sweden
How they compare
Faroe Islands currently reports 60.4% against 60.3% in Sweden, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Faroe Islands ahead.
Faroe Islands ranks 70th and Sweden ranks 71st of 218 countries.
Faroe Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Faroe Islands | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67.5% | 51.3% | 16.3% | Faroe Islands |
| 1970s | 65.3% | 55.1% | 10.3% | Faroe Islands |
| 1980s | 58.6% | 55.2% | 3.4% | Faroe Islands |
| 1990s | 59.2% | 56.5% | 2.8% | Faroe Islands |
| 2000s | 57.6% | 53.6% | 4.1% | Faroe Islands |
| 2010s | 60.3% | 57.8% | 2.5% | Faroe Islands |
| 2020s | 61.5% | 60.7% | 0.8% | Faroe Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Faroe Islands or Sweden?
- Faroe Islands, at 60.4% against 60.3% in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Faroe Islands and Sweden?
- 0.1%, with Faroe Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Faroe Islands and Sweden?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Faroe Islands and Sweden rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Faroe Islands ranks 70th and Sweden ranks 71st 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.