Jamaica vs Saint Lucia: Age dependency ratio
Jamaica
36.7%
in 2025
Saint Lucia
37.4%
in 2025
Jamaica rank
209th
Saint Lucia rank
206th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Jamaica
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 37.4% against 36.7% in Jamaica, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Saint Lucia ahead.
Jamaica ranks 209th and Saint Lucia ranks 206th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 2 and Saint Lucia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93.8% | 115.1% | 21.3% | Saint Lucia |
| 1970s | 98.9% | 115.2% | 16.3% | Saint Lucia |
| 1980s | 82.5% | 92.3% | 9.8% | Saint Lucia |
| 1990s | 71.6% | 72.8% | 1.2% | Saint Lucia |
| 2000s | 57.7% | 55.0% | 2.7% | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 43.5% | 41.5% | 2.0% | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 37.3% | 37.4% | 0.2% | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Jamaica or Saint Lucia?
- Saint Lucia, at 37.4% against 36.7% in Jamaica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Jamaica and Saint Lucia?
- 0.7%, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Saint Lucia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Jamaica and Saint Lucia rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Jamaica ranks 209th and Saint Lucia ranks 206th 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.