Greenland vs Viet Nam: Age dependency ratio
Greenland
47.6%
in 2025
Viet Nam
47.8%
in 2025
Greenland rank
165th
Viet Nam rank
164th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Greenland
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Viet Nam currently reports 47.8% against 47.6% in Greenland, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Greenland ahead.
Greenland ranks 165th and Viet Nam ranks 164th of 218 countries.
Viet Nam has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greenland | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 88.9% | 92.3% | 3.3% | Viet Nam |
| 1970s | 69.2% | 88.4% | 19.2% | Viet Nam |
| 1980s | 41.9% | 82.6% | 40.7% | Viet Nam |
| 1990s | 45.9% | 71.5% | 25.5% | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 44.3% | 52.2% | 7.9% | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 40.9% | 44.3% | 3.4% | Viet Nam |
| 2020s | 44.6% | 47.4% | 2.9% | Viet Nam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Greenland or Viet Nam?
- Viet Nam, at 47.8% against 47.6% in Greenland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Greenland and Viet Nam?
- 0.2%, with Viet Nam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Viet Nam?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Greenland and Viet Nam rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Greenland ranks 165th and Viet Nam ranks 164th 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.