Spain vs Uruguay: Age dependency ratio
Spain
52.1%
in 2025
Uruguay
51.9%
in 2025
Spain rank
135th
Uruguay rank
138th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Spain
- Uruguay
How they compare
Spain currently reports 52.1% against 51.9% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uruguay ahead.
Spain ranks 135th and Uruguay ranks 138th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Spain averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57.0% | 56.9% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 1970s | 60.3% | 58.9% | 1.4% | Spain |
| 1980s | 54.8% | 59.8% | 5.0% | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 47.1% | 59.2% | 12.1% | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 45.5% | 59.2% | 13.7% | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 49.6% | 55.9% | 6.3% | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 51.3% | 53.0% | 1.6% | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Spain or Uruguay?
- Spain, at 52.1% against 51.9% in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Spain and Uruguay?
- 0.2%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Uruguay?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Spain and Uruguay rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Spain ranks 135th and Uruguay ranks 138th 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.