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Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Compare age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) across 215 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2025.
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Key Insights
Global Average
16.8%
Median: 12.7%
Countries Covered
215
with available data
Highest
Monaco
71.7%
Lowest
Qatar
2.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Monaco71.7%
2Japan51.0%
3Portugal40.0%
4Puerto Rico39.8%
5Italy39.7%
By Region
Europe32.8%(32 countries)
Oceania27.7%(2 countries)
North America20.0%(4 countries)
South America17.6%(7 countries)
Asia14.3%(26 countries)
Key Findings
- •215 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
- •Monaco has the highest published value (71.7098 %).
- •Qatar has the lowest published value (2.04183 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (2.0%)High (71.7%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 16.8%)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Asia (26)
Other (135)
Africa (9)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
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.
Values use one fixed 2025 reference year from World Development Indicators series SP.POP.DPND.OL. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.
Methodology
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.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 71.7% |
| 2 | Japan | 51.0% |
| 3 | Portugal | 40.0% |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 39.8% |
| 5 | Italy | 39.7% |
| 6 | Finland | 39.4% |
| 7 | Greece | 38.9% |
| 8 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 38.3% |
| 9 | Germany | 38.0% |
| 10 | Isle of Man | 37.8% |
| 11 | Croatia | 37.7% |
| 12 | France | 36.8% |
| 13 | Serbia | 36.8% |
| 14 | Hong Kong | 35.8% |
| 15 | San Marino | 35.6% |
| 16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.6% |
| 17 | Latvia | 35.4% |
| 18 | Bermuda | 35.3% |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 35.1% |
| 20 | Slovenia | 35.1% |
| 21 | Estonia | 34.6% |
| 22 | Sweden | 33.5% |
| 23 | Denmark | 33.4% |
| 24 | Czech Republic | 33.2% |
| 25 | Liechtenstein | 33.2% |
| 26 | Saint Martin (French part) | 33.2% |
| 27 | Belgium | 33.1% |
| 28 | Spain | 32.9% |
| 29 | Hungary | 32.8% |
| 30 | Austria | 32.6% |
| 31 | Netherlands | 32.5% |
| 32 | Poland | 32.0% |
| 33 | Lithuania | 32.0% |
| 34 | Switzerland | 31.6% |
| 35 | Romania | 31.3% |
| 36 | Canada | 31.3% |
| 37 | United Kingdom | 31.1% |
| 38 | Malta | 30.9% |
| 39 | Norway | 29.4% |
| 40 | South Korea | 29.3% |
| 41 | Slovakia | 29.1% |
| 42 | Montenegro | 28.7% |
| 43 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 28.5% |
| 44 | Faroe Islands | 28.5% |
| 45 | United States of America | 28.5% |
| 46 | Ukraine | 28.2% |
| 47 | Australia | 28.2% |
| 48 | Belarus | 27.8% |
| 49 | Gibraltar | 27.6% |
| 50 | Russian Federation | 27.3% |
| 51 | New Zealand | 27.3% |
| 52 | Aruba | 27.0% |
| 53 | Albania | 26.8% |
| 54 | Moldova, Republic of | 26.5% |
| 55 | Barbados | 25.9% |
| 56 | Curaçao | 25.4% |
| 57 | Georgia | 25.2% |
| 58 | Cuba | 25.1% |
| 59 | Uruguay | 24.7% |
| 60 | Ireland | 24.7% |
| 61 | Iceland | 24.0% |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 23.1% |
| 63 | Andorra | 23.1% |
| 64 | Thailand | 23.0% |
| 65 | Armenia | 21.7% |
| 66 | Cyprus | 21.6% |
| 67 | Guam | 21.5% |
| 68 | People's Republic of China | 21.4% |
| 69 | Macao | 21.2% |
| 70 | Chile | 21.2% |
| 71 | Israel | 21.1% |
| 72 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 20.5% |
| 73 | Mauritius | 19.8% |
| 74 | Singapore | 19.2% |
| 75 | Dominica | 19.1% |
| 76 | Argentina | 19.0% |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 19.0% |
| 78 | North Korea | 18.6% |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.6% |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 18.5% |
| 81 | Grenada | 18.5% |
| 82 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.3% |
| 83 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.6% |
| 84 | New Caledonia | 17.5% |
| 85 | Bahamas | 17.2% |
| 86 | French Polynesia | 17.2% |
| 87 | Greenland | 17.0% |
| 88 | Palau | 16.8% |
| 89 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 16.8% |
| 90 | Brazil | 16.6% |
| 91 | Lebanon | 16.3% |
| 92 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 16.1% |
| 93 | Northern Mariana Islands | 15.9% |
| 94 | Türkiye | 15.5% |
| 95 | Venezuela | 15.4% |
| 96 | Tunisia | 14.9% |
| 97 | Panama | 14.7% |
| 98 | Colombia | 14.6% |
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 14.6% |
| 100 | Peru | 14.1% |
| 101 | Vietnam | 14.0% |
| 102 | Saint Lucia | 13.7% |
| 103 | Virgin Islands, British | 13.3% |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | 13.2% |
| 105 | American Samoa | 13.1% |
| 106 | Cayman Islands | 12.8% |
| 107 | Morocco | 12.7% |
| 108 | Ecuador | 12.7% |
| 109 | Mexico | 12.6% |
| 110 | Dominican Republic | 12.5% |
| 111 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 12.4% |
| 112 | El Salvador | 12.3% |
| 113 | Suriname | 12.3% |
| 114 | Seychelles | 12.2% |
| 115 | Tonga | 11.8% |
| 116 | Tuvalu | 11.7% |
| 117 | Jamaica | 11.7% |
| 118 | Malaysia | 11.4% |
| 119 | Indonesia | 11.1% |
| 120 | Myanmar | 11.0% |
| 121 | Guyana | 10.9% |
| 122 | Samoa | 10.9% |
| 123 | India | 10.8% |
| 124 | Algeria | 10.8% |
| 125 | Cape Verde | 10.5% |
| 126 | Paraguay | 10.4% |
| 127 | South Africa | 10.2% |
| 128 | Bangladesh | 10.2% |
| 129 | Nepal | 10.1% |
| 130 | Brunei Darussalam | 10.0% |
| 131 | Fiji | 10.0% |
| 132 | Cambodia | 9.9% |
| 133 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 9.9% |
| 134 | Uzbekistan | 9.7% |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.6% |
| 136 | Bhutan | 9.1% |
| 137 | Bolivia | 8.9% |
| 138 | Nicaragua | 8.6% |
| 139 | Mongolia | 8.6% |
| 140 | Philippines | 8.5% |
| 141 | Timor-Leste | 8.5% |
| 142 | Egypt | 8.3% |
| 143 | Marshall Islands | 8.0% |
| 144 | Guatemala | 7.8% |
| 145 | Libya | 7.6% |
| 146 | Belize | 7.6% |
| 147 | Vanuatu | 7.6% |
| 148 | Comoros | 7.6% |
| 149 | Turkmenistan | 7.5% |
| 150 | Djibouti | 7.5% |
| 151 | Haiti | 7.4% |
| 152 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7.4% |
| 153 | Pakistan | 7.3% |
| 154 | Eritrea | 7.3% |
| 155 | Jordan | 7.3% |
| 156 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.3% |
| 157 | Kiribati | 7.1% |
| 158 | Honduras | 7.0% |
| 159 | Eswatini | 6.9% |
| 160 | Gabon | 6.9% |
| 161 | Rwanda | 6.8% |
| 162 | Tajikistan | 6.8% |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.7% |
| 164 | State of Palestine | 6.6% |
| 165 | Maldives | 6.5% |
| 166 | Botswana | 6.4% |
| 167 | Namibia | 6.4% |
| 168 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.4% |
| 169 | Zimbabwe | 6.3% |
| 170 | Lesotho | 6.3% |
| 171 | Ghana | 6.2% |
| 172 | Senegal | 6.2% |
| 173 | Guinea | 6.2% |
| 174 | Togo | 6.2% |
| 175 | Solomon Islands | 6.1% |
| 176 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.1% |
| 177 | Madagascar | 6.0% |
| 178 | Sudan | 6.0% |
| 179 | Mauritania | 6.0% |
| 180 | Liberia | 5.8% |
| 181 | Iraq | 5.7% |
| 182 | Ethiopia | 5.7% |
| 183 | Benin | 5.7% |
| 184 | Papua New Guinea | 5.7% |
| 185 | Republic of The Gambia | 5.6% |
| 186 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5.6% |
| 187 | Sierra Leone | 5.6% |
| 188 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.5% |
| 189 | Angola | 5.5% |
| 190 | Nigeria | 5.4% |
| 191 | Republic of the Congo | 5.4% |
| 192 | South Sudan | 5.2% |
| 193 | Bahrain | 5.2% |
| 194 | Somalia | 5.1% |
| 195 | Mozambique | 5.1% |
| 196 | Niger | 5.1% |
| 197 | Nauru | 5.0% |
| 198 | Cameroon | 5.0% |
| 199 | Kenya | 5.0% |
| 200 | Burkina Faso | 4.8% |
| 201 | Burundi | 4.8% |
| 202 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.7% |
| 203 | Mali | 4.6% |
| 204 | Malawi | 4.5% |
| 205 | Yemen | 4.5% |
| 206 | Central African Republic | 4.5% |
| 207 | Afghanistan | 4.4% |
| 208 | Saudi Arabia | 4.2% |
| 209 | Chad | 4.1% |
| 210 | Uganda | 4.1% |
| 211 | Kuwait | 4.0% |
| 212 | Oman | 3.7% |
| 213 | Zambia | 3.5% |
| 214 | United Arab Emirates | 2.2% |
| 215 | Qatar | 2.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).
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