Finland vs Marshall Islands: Age dependency ratio
Finland
62.7%
in 2025
Marshall Islands
63.3%
in 2025
Finland rank
63rd
Marshall Islands rank
60th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Finland
- Marshall Islands
How they compare
Marshall Islands currently reports 63.3% against 62.7% in Finland, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Marshall Islands ahead.
Finland ranks 63rd and Marshall Islands ranks 60th of 218 countries.
Marshall Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Marshall Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55.3% | 109.4% | 54.1% | Marshall Islands |
| 1970s | 48.9% | 105.6% | 56.6% | Marshall Islands |
| 1980s | 47.3% | 115.3% | 67.9% | Marshall Islands |
| 1990s | 49.4% | 98.0% | 48.6% | Marshall Islands |
| 2000s | 49.9% | 72.7% | 22.8% | Marshall Islands |
| 2010s | 56.6% | 67.9% | 11.3% | Marshall Islands |
| 2020s | 62.4% | 63.2% | 0.8% | Marshall Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Finland or Marshall Islands?
- Marshall Islands, at 63.3% against 62.7% in Finland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Finland and Marshall Islands?
- 0.6%, with Marshall Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Marshall Islands?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Finland and Marshall Islands rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Finland ranks 63rd and Marshall Islands ranks 60th 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.