Greece vs Portugal: Age dependency ratio, young
Greece
20.5%
in 2025
Portugal
20.4%
in 2025
Greece rank
200th
Portugal rank
201st
Age dependency ratio, young over time
- Greece
- Portugal
How they compare
Greece currently reports 20.5% against 20.4% in Portugal, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Portugal ahead.
Greece ranks 200th and Portugal ranks 201st of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39.1% | 46.7% | 7.6% | Portugal |
| 1970s | 37.7% | 44.4% | 6.7% | Portugal |
| 1980s | 33.8% | 37.0% | 3.1% | Portugal |
| 1990s | 26.2% | 27.1% | 0.9% | Portugal |
| 2000s | 22.7% | 23.8% | 1.1% | Portugal |
| 2010s | 22.4% | 22.1% | 0.4% | Greece |
| 2020s | 21.6% | 20.6% | 1.0% | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, young, Greece or Portugal?
- Greece, at 20.5% against 20.4% in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, young between Greece and Portugal?
- 0.1%, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Portugal?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Greece and Portugal rank globally for age dependency ratio, young?
- Greece ranks 200th and Portugal ranks 201st of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio, young (% 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, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.