Gibraltar vs New Zealand: Age dependency ratio
Gibraltar
54.9%
in 2025
New Zealand
55.0%
in 2025
Gibraltar rank
112th
New Zealand rank
110th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Gibraltar
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 55.0% against 54.9% in Gibraltar, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was New Zealand ahead.
Gibraltar ranks 112th and New Zealand ranks 110th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Gibraltar averaged higher in 3 and New Zealand in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gibraltar | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51.8% | 69.9% | 18.1% | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 53.7% | 64.0% | 10.2% | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 52.4% | 54.6% | 2.2% | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 50.8% | 52.6% | 1.8% | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 51.8% | 51.2% | 0.6% | Gibraltar |
| 2010s | 54.1% | 52.3% | 1.8% | Gibraltar |
| 2020s | 54.7% | 54.1% | 0.6% | Gibraltar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Gibraltar or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 55.0% against 54.9% in Gibraltar as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Gibraltar and New Zealand?
- 0.1%, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gibraltar and New Zealand?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Gibraltar and New Zealand rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Gibraltar ranks 112th and New Zealand ranks 110th 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.