Jordan vs Norway: Age dependency ratio
Jordan
53.7%
in 2025
Norway
53.9%
in 2025
Jordan rank
123rd
Norway rank
121st
Age dependency ratio over time
- Jordan
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 53.9% against 53.7% in Jordan, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Jordan ahead.
Jordan ranks 123rd and Norway ranks 121st of 217 countries.
Jordan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jordan | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 108.3% | 58.4% | 49.8% | Jordan |
| 1970s | 113.8% | 59.7% | 54.1% | Jordan |
| 1980s | 103.1% | 56.1% | 47.0% | Jordan |
| 1990s | 78.3% | 54.7% | 23.6% | Jordan |
| 2000s | 71.1% | 52.5% | 18.6% | Jordan |
| 2010s | 61.8% | 52.1% | 9.7% | Jordan |
| 2020s | 55.8% | 53.9% | 1.9% | Jordan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Jordan or Norway?
- Norway, at 53.9% against 53.7% in Jordan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Jordan and Norway?
- 0.2%, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Norway?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Jordan and Norway rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Jordan ranks 123rd and Norway ranks 121st of 217 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.