Maldives vs Singapore: Age dependency ratio
Maldives
31.6%
in 2025
Singapore
35.0%
in 2025
Maldives rank
214th
Singapore rank
211th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Maldives
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 35.0% against 31.6% in Maldives, a difference of 3.4%.
That makes Singapore's figure about 1.1 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Singapore ahead.
Maldives ranks 214th and Singapore ranks 211th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 5 and Singapore in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 79.8% | 84.6% | 4.8% | Singapore |
| 1970s | 92.9% | 59.3% | 33.5% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 94.3% | 40.1% | 54.2% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 94.2% | 35.4% | 58.8% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 61.3% | 31.5% | 29.8% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 38.0% | 28.0% | 10.0% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 32.4% | 33.1% | 0.6% | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Maldives or Singapore?
- Singapore, at 35.0% against 31.6% in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Maldives and Singapore?
- 3.4%, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Singapore?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Maldives and Singapore rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Maldives ranks 214th and Singapore ranks 211th 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.