Jamaica vs Maldives: Age dependency ratio, young
Jamaica
25.0%
in 2025
Maldives
25.0%
in 2025
Jamaica rank
158th
Maldives rank
157th
Age dependency ratio, young over time
- Jamaica
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 25.0% against 25.0% in Jamaica, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 158th and Maldives ranks 157th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 2 and Maldives in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84.1% | 74.9% | 9.3% | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 85.6% | 88.2% | 2.6% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 69.0% | 89.3% | 20.3% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 60.0% | 88.3% | 28.2% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 48.5% | 54.3% | 5.8% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 34.3% | 32.4% | 1.9% | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 26.6% | 26.7% | 0.1% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, young, Jamaica or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 25.0% against 25.0% in Jamaica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, young between Jamaica and Maldives?
- 0.0%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Maldives?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Jamaica and Maldives rank globally for age dependency ratio, young?
- Jamaica ranks 158th and Maldives ranks 157th 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.