Macau, China vs Seychelles: Age dependency ratio
Macau, China
40.5%
in 2025
Seychelles
39.9%
in 2025
Macau, China rank
200th
Seychelles rank
202nd
Age dependency ratio over time
- Macau, China
- Seychelles
How they compare
Macau, China currently reports 40.5% against 39.9% in Seychelles, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Macau, China ahead.
Macau, China ranks 200th and Seychelles ranks 202nd of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Macau, China averaged higher in 2 and Seychelles in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Macau, China | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100.9% | 88.8% | 12.1% | Macau, China |
| 1970s | 95.5% | 90.2% | 5.3% | Macau, China |
| 1980s | 47.0% | 71.0% | 23.9% | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 45.8% | 60.1% | 14.3% | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 33.2% | 48.4% | 15.2% | Seychelles |
| 2010s | 27.6% | 40.2% | 12.6% | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 37.5% | 39.7% | 2.1% | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Macau, China or Seychelles?
- Macau, China, at 40.5% against 39.9% in Seychelles as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Macau, China and Seychelles?
- 0.6%, with Macau, China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Macau, China and Seychelles?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Macau, China and Seychelles rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Macau, China ranks 200th and Seychelles ranks 202nd 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.