Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) by country
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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.
Countries reporting
218
Highest
71.7%
Monaco
Lowest
2.0%
Qatar
Median
12.8%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,526
What the numbers show
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 71.7% in Monaco; the lowest is 2.0% in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.8%, and the mean is 16.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 35.
Over the past decade 195 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Martin (French part) (up 213.4%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 24.2%).
Age dependency ratio, old: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 71.7% | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 2 | Japan | 51.0% | 2025 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Portugal | 40.0% | 2025 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 39.8% | 2025 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 5 | Italy | 39.7% | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 6 | Finland | 39.4% | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 7 | Greece | 38.9% | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 8 | United States Virgin Islands | 38.3% | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Germany | 38.0% | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 10 | Isle of Man | 37.8% | 2025 | up 18.8% | flat |
| 11 | Croatia | 37.7% | 2025 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 12 | France | 36.8% | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 13 | Serbia | 36.8% | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 14 | Hong Kong | 35.8% | 2025 | up 70.3% | volatile |
| 15 | San Marino | 35.6% | 2025 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.6% | 2025 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Latvia | 35.4% | 2025 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 18 | Bermuda | 35.3% | 2025 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 35.1% | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 20 | Slovenia | 35.1% | 2025 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 21 | Estonia | 34.6% | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 22 | Sweden | 33.5% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 23 | Denmark | 33.4% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 24 | Czechia | 33.2% | 2025 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 25 | Liechtenstein | 33.2% | 2025 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 26 | Saint Martin (French part) | 33.2% | 2025 | up 213.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Belgium | 33.1% | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 28 | Spain | 32.9% | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 29 | Hungary | 32.8% | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 30 | Austria | 32.6% | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 31 | Netherlands | 32.5% | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 32 | Poland | 32.0% | 2025 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 33 | Lithuania | 32.0% | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 34 | Switzerland | 31.6% | 2025 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 31.3% | 2025 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 36 | Canada | 31.3% | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 37 | Channel Islands | 31.1% | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 31.1% | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 39 | Malta | 30.9% | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 40 | Norway | 29.4% | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 41 | South Korea | 29.3% | 2025 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Slovakia | 29.1% | 2025 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 43 | Montenegro | 28.7% | 2025 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 28.5% | 2025 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 45 | Faroe Islands | 28.5% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 46 | United States | 28.5% | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 47 | Ukraine | 28.2% | 2025 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 48 | Australia | 28.2% | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 49 | Belarus | 27.8% | 2025 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 50 | Gibraltar | 27.6% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 51 | Russia | 27.3% | 2025 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 52 | New Zealand | 27.3% | 2025 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 53 | Aruba | 27.0% | 2025 | up 60.9% | rising |
| 54 | Albania | 26.8% | 2025 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 55 | Moldova | 26.5% | 2025 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 56 | Barbados | 25.9% | 2025 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 57 | Curacao | 25.4% | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 58 | Georgia | 25.2% | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 59 | Cuba | 25.1% | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 60 | Uruguay | 24.7% | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 61 | Ireland | 24.7% | 2025 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 62 | Iceland | 24.0% | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 63 | Luxembourg | 23.1% | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 64 | Andorra | 23.1% | 2025 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 65 | Thailand | 23.0% | 2025 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Armenia | 21.7% | 2025 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 67 | Cyprus | 21.6% | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 68 | Guam | 21.5% | 2025 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 69 | China | 21.4% | 2025 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 70 | Macao | 21.2% | 2025 | up 92.8% | rising |
| 71 | Chile | 21.2% | 2025 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 72 | Israel | 21.1% | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 73 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 20.5% | 2025 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Mauritius | 19.8% | 2025 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 75 | Singapore | 19.2% | 2025 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 76 | Dominica | 19.1% | 2025 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 77 | Argentina | 19.0% | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | 19.0% | 2025 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 79 | North Korea | 18.6% | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.6% | 2025 | up 67.9% | rising |
| 81 | Costa Rica | 18.5% | 2025 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 82 | Grenada | 18.5% | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 83 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.3% | 2025 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 84 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.6% | 2025 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 85 | New Caledonia | 17.5% | 2025 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 86 | Bahamas | 17.2% | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 87 | French Polynesia | 17.2% | 2025 | up 60.9% | rising |
| 88 | Greenland | 17.0% | 2025 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 89 | Palau | 16.8% | 2025 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 90 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 16.8% | 2025 | up 57.8% | falling |
| 91 | Brazil | 16.6% | 2025 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 92 | Lebanon | 16.3% | 2025 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 93 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 16.1% | 2025 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 94 | Northern Mariana Islands | 15.9% | 2025 | up 147.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Turkey | 15.5% | 2025 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 96 | Venezuela | 15.4% | 2025 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 97 | Kosovo | 15.1% | 2025 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 97 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 15.1% | 2025 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 99 | Tunisia | 14.9% | 2025 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 100 | Panama | 14.7% | 2025 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 101 | Colombia | 14.6% | 2025 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 102 | Kazakhstan | 14.6% | 2025 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 103 | Peru | 14.1% | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 104 | Vietnam | 14.0% | 2025 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 105 | Saint Lucia | 13.7% | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 106 | British Virgin Islands | 13.3% | 2025 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 107 | Azerbaijan | 13.2% | 2025 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 108 | American Samoa | 13.1% | 2025 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 109 | Cayman Islands | 12.8% | 2025 | up 58.2% | falling |
| 110 | Morocco | 12.7% | 2025 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 111 | Ecuador | 12.7% | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 112 | Mexico | 12.6% | 2025 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 12.5% | 2025 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 114 | Iran | 12.4% | 2025 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 115 | El Salvador | 12.3% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 116 | Suriname | 12.3% | 2025 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 117 | Seychelles | 12.2% | 2025 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 118 | Tonga | 11.8% | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 119 | Tuvalu | 11.7% | 2025 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 120 | Jamaica | 11.7% | 2025 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 121 | Malaysia | 11.4% | 2025 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 122 | Indonesia | 11.1% | 2025 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 123 | Myanmar | 11.0% | 2025 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 124 | Guyana | 10.9% | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 125 | Samoa | 10.9% | 2025 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 126 | India | 10.8% | 2025 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 127 | Algeria | 10.8% | 2025 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 128 | Cape Verde | 10.5% | 2025 | up 34.5% | falling |
| 129 | Paraguay | 10.4% | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 130 | South Africa | 10.2% | 2025 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 131 | Bangladesh | 10.2% | 2025 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 132 | Nepal | 10.1% | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 133 | Brunei | 10.0% | 2025 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 134 | Fiji | 10.0% | 2025 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 135 | Cambodia | 9.9% | 2025 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 136 | Micronesia (country) | 9.9% | 2025 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 137 | Uzbekistan | 9.7% | 2025 | up 37.2% | falling |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.6% | 2025 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 139 | Bhutan | 9.1% | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 140 | Bolivia | 8.9% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 141 | Nicaragua | 8.6% | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 142 | Mongolia | 8.6% | 2025 | up 49.6% | falling |
| 143 | Philippines | 8.5% | 2025 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 144 | East Timor | 8.5% | 2025 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 145 | Egypt | 8.3% | 2025 | up 22.6% | flat |
| 146 | Marshall Islands | 8.0% | 2025 | up 69.9% | falling |
| 147 | Guatemala | 7.8% | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 148 | Libya | 7.6% | 2025 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 149 | Belize | 7.6% | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 150 | Vanuatu | 7.6% | 2025 | up 17.3% | flat |
| 151 | Comoros | 7.6% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 152 | Turkmenistan | 7.5% | 2025 | up 40.6% | falling |
| 153 | Djibouti | 7.5% | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 154 | Haiti | 7.4% | 2025 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 155 | Laos | 7.4% | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 156 | Pakistan | 7.3% | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 157 | Eritrea | 7.3% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 158 | Jordan | 7.3% | 2025 | up 36.2% | falling |
| 159 | Syria | 7.3% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 160 | Kiribati | 7.1% | 2025 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 161 | Honduras | 7.0% | 2025 | up 25.5% | falling |
| 162 | Eswatini | 6.9% | 2025 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 163 | Gabon | 6.9% | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 164 | Rwanda | 6.8% | 2025 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 165 | Tajikistan | 6.8% | 2025 | up 39.2% | falling |
| 166 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.7% | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 167 | Palestine | 6.6% | 2025 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 168 | Maldives | 6.5% | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 169 | Botswana | 6.4% | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 170 | Namibia | 6.4% | 2025 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 171 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.4% | 2025 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 172 | Zimbabwe | 6.3% | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 173 | Lesotho | 6.3% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 174 | Ghana | 6.2% | 2025 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 175 | Senegal | 6.2% | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 176 | Guinea | 6.2% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 177 | Togo | 6.2% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 178 | Solomon Islands | 6.1% | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 179 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6.1% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 180 | Madagascar | 6.0% | 2025 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 181 | Sudan | 6.0% | 2025 | up 20.8% | flat |
| 182 | Mauritania | 6.0% | 2025 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 183 | Liberia | 5.8% | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 184 | Iraq | 5.7% | 2025 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 185 | Ethiopia | 5.7% | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 186 | Benin | 5.7% | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 187 | Papua New Guinea | 5.7% | 2025 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 188 | Gambia | 5.6% | 2025 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 189 | Tanzania | 5.6% | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 190 | Sierra Leone | 5.6% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 191 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.5% | 2025 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 192 | Angola | 5.5% | 2025 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 193 | Nigeria | 5.4% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 194 | Congo | 5.4% | 2025 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 195 | South Sudan | 5.2% | 2025 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 196 | Bahrain | 5.2% | 2025 | up 53.8% | falling |
| 197 | Somalia | 5.1% | 2025 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 198 | Mozambique | 5.1% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 199 | Niger | 5.1% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 200 | Nauru | 5.0% | 2025 | up 102.5% | falling |
| 201 | Cameroon | 5.0% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 202 | Kenya | 5.0% | 2025 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 203 | Burkina Faso | 4.8% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 204 | Burundi | 4.8% | 2025 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 205 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.7% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 206 | Mali | 4.6% | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 207 | Malawi | 4.5% | 2025 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 208 | Yemen | 4.5% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 209 | Central African Republic | 4.5% | 2025 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 210 | Afghanistan | 4.4% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 211 | Saudi Arabia | 4.2% | 2025 | up 36.0% | falling |
| 212 | Chad | 4.1% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 213 | Uganda | 4.1% | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 214 | Kuwait | 4.0% | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 215 | Oman | 3.7% | 2025 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 216 | Zambia | 3.5% | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 217 | United Arab Emirates | 2.2% | 2025 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 218 | Qatar | 2.0% | 2025 | up 65.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 36.2%
- Chagai 31.1%
- European Union 35.4%
- Post-demographic dividend 33.6%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 32.5%
- High income 31.0%
- OECD members 29.5%
- North America 28.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 28.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 22.6%
- Late-demographic dividend 20.4%
- East Asia & Pacific 20.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 18.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 18.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 17.5%
- Upper middle income 17.4%
- Other small states 16.0%
- World 16.0%
- IBRD only 15.5%
- Caribbean Small States 15.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean 15.0%
- Small states 14.9%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 14.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 14.6%
- Middle income 13.6%
- IDA & IBRD total 13.3%
- Low & middle income 12.8%
- South Asia 10.8%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 10.8%
- Early-demographic dividend 10.3%
- Lower middle income 9.4%
- Pacific island small states 8.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 8.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 8.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 8.2%
- Arab World 7.5%
- IDA only 7.0%
- IDA total 6.8%
- Least developed countries 6.7%
- IDA blend 6.4%
About this data
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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.