Jamaica vs Oman: Age dependency ratio
Jamaica
36.7%
in 2025
Oman
37.0%
in 2025
Jamaica rank
209th
Oman rank
207th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Jamaica
- Oman
How they compare
Oman currently reports 37.0% against 36.7% in Jamaica, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 209th and Oman ranks 207th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 3 and Oman in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Oman | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93.8% | 87.0% | 6.9% | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 98.9% | 101.0% | 2.1% | Oman |
| 1980s | 82.5% | 96.8% | 14.3% | Oman |
| 1990s | 71.6% | 74.2% | 2.6% | Oman |
| 2000s | 57.7% | 54.3% | 3.4% | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 43.5% | 35.2% | 8.3% | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 37.3% | 39.1% | 1.8% | Oman |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Jamaica or Oman?
- Oman, at 37.0% against 36.7% in Jamaica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Jamaica and Oman?
- 0.3%, with Oman ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Oman?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Jamaica and Oman rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Jamaica ranks 209th and Oman ranks 207th 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.