demographic2023
Old-age dependency ratio
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
16.9%
Median: 12.7%
Countries Covered
236
with available data
Highest
Holy See (Vatican City State)
91.5%
Lowest
Qatar
1.9%
Top 5 Countries
1Holy See (Vatican City State)91.5%
2Monaco70.1%
3Japan50.1%
4Saint Helena44.0%
5Martinique40.2%
By Region
Europe31.5%(32 countries)
Oceania26.4%(2 countries)
North America18.9%(4 countries)
South America16.7%(7 countries)
Other14.8%(155 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (1.9%)High (91.5%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 16.9%)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Other (155)
Asia (27)
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
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 91.5% |
| 2 | Monaco | 70.1% |
| 3 | Japan | 50.1% |
| 4 | Saint Helena | 44.0% |
| 5 | Martinique | 40.2% |
| 6 | Finland | 38.3% |
| 7 | Portugal | 38.2% |
| 8 | Guadeloupe | 38.1% |
| 9 | Italy | 38.0% |
| 10 | Puerto Rico | 37.9% |
| 11 | Greece | 37.3% |
| 12 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 36.3% |
| 13 | Croatia | 36.2% |
| 14 | Isle of Man | 36.1% |
| 15 | Germany | 36.0% |
| 16 | France | 35.3% |
| 17 | Serbia | 35.3% |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 34.3% |
| 19 | Latvia | 33.9% |
| 20 | Slovenia | 33.4% |
| 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33.2% |
| 22 | Estonia | 33.1% |
| 23 | San Marino | 33.1% |
| 24 | Sweden | 33.0% |
| 25 | Guernsey | 33.0% |
| 26 | Denmark | 32.4% |
| 27 | Czech Republic | 32.2% |
| 28 | Hungary | 32.2% |
| 29 | Bermuda | 32.0% |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 31.8% |
| 31 | Belgium | 31.7% |
| 32 | Spain | 31.2% |
| 33 | Netherlands | 31.1% |
| 34 | Liechtenstein | 30.8% |
| 35 | Austria | 30.7% |
| 36 | Romania | 30.7% |
| 37 | Lithuania | 30.4% |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 30.3% |
| 39 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 30.1% |
| 40 | Montserrat | 30.0% |
| 41 | Switzerland | 30.0% |
| 42 | Poland | 29.9% |
| 43 | Canada | 29.6% |
| 44 | Malta | 29.5% |
| 45 | Faroe Islands | 28.5% |
| 46 | Norway | 28.5% |
| 47 | Saint Martin (French part) | 27.9% |
| 48 | Jersey | 27.9% |
| 49 | Saint Barthélemy | 27.6% |
| 50 | Ukraine | 27.6% |
| 51 | Slovakia | 27.3% |
| 52 | Montenegro | 27.2% |
| 53 | Gibraltar | 27.0% |
| 54 | Australia | 26.9% |
| 55 | United States of America | 26.8% |
| 56 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 26.7% |
| 57 | Niue | 26.6% |
| 58 | Taiwan, Province of China | 26.2% |
| 59 | South Korea | 25.9% |
| 60 | New Zealand | 25.9% |
| 61 | Belarus | 25.7% |
| 62 | Russian Federation | 25.2% |
| 63 | Aruba | 24.6% |
| 64 | Albania | 24.4% |
| 65 | Moldova, Republic of | 24.2% |
| 66 | Barbados | 24.2% |
| 67 | Georgia | 24.1% |
| 68 | Uruguay | 24.0% |
| 69 | Curaçao | 23.8% |
| 70 | Ireland | 23.7% |
| 71 | Cuba | 23.7% |
| 72 | Reunion | 23.3% |
| 73 | Iceland | 23.0% |
| 74 | Luxembourg | 21.8% |
| 75 | Wallis and Futuna | 21.8% |
| 76 | Andorra | 21.3% |
| 77 | Thailand | 20.9% |
| 78 | People's Republic of China | 20.7% |
| 79 | Cook Islands | 20.7% |
| 80 | Israel | 20.7% |
| 81 | Cyprus | 20.6% |
| 82 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 20.1% |
| 83 | Chile | 19.8% |
| 84 | Armenia | 19.6% |
| 85 | Guam | 19.6% |
| 86 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 19.0% |
| 87 | Macao | 18.6% |
| 88 | Argentina | 18.6% |
| 89 | Dominica | 18.4% |
| 90 | Mauritius | 18.0% |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 17.8% |
| 92 | North Korea | 17.4% |
| 93 | Singapore | 17.4% |
| 94 | Grenada | 17.4% |
| 95 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17.3% |
| 96 | Anguilla | 17.3% |
| 97 | Costa Rica | 17.0% |
| 98 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16.9% |
| 99 | New Caledonia | 16.5% |
| 100 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 16.4% |
| 101 | Bahamas | 16.4% |
| 102 | Antigua and Barbuda | 15.9% |
| 103 | Lebanon | 15.5% |
| 104 | Palau | 15.4% |
| 105 | French Polynesia | 15.4% |
| 106 | Brazil | 15.3% |
| 107 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 15.1% |
| 108 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 15.0% |
| 109 | Greenland | 14.7% |
| 110 | Türkiye | 14.7% |
| 111 | Venezuela | 14.5% |
| 112 | Tunisia | 13.8% |
| 113 | Panama | 13.8% |
| 114 | Peru | 13.5% |
| 115 | Colombia | 13.4% |
| 116 | Kazakhstan | 13.4% |
| 117 | Saint Lucia | 12.8% |
| 118 | Northern Mariana Islands | 12.7% |
| 119 | Vietnam | 12.7% |
| 120 | Virgin Islands, British | 12.2% |
| 121 | Ecuador | 12.1% |
| 122 | Tokelau | 12.1% |
| 123 | El Salvador | 12.0% |
| 124 | Mexico | 11.9% |
| 125 | Morocco | 11.8% |
| 126 | Seychelles | 11.6% |
| 127 | American Samoa | 11.6% |
| 128 | Dominican Republic | 11.6% |
| 129 | Azerbaijan | 11.5% |
| 130 | Suriname | 11.5% |
| 131 | Tonga | 11.4% |
| 132 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 11.4% |
| 133 | Cayman Islands | 11.4% |
| 134 | French Guiana | 11.0% |
| 135 | Jamaica | 10.8% |
| 136 | Malaysia | 10.6% |
| 137 | Tuvalu | 10.4% |
| 138 | Myanmar | 10.4% |
| 139 | Indonesia | 10.4% |
| 140 | Samoa | 10.3% |
| 141 | India | 10.2% |
| 142 | Algeria | 10.1% |
| 143 | Guyana | 10.1% |
| 144 | Paraguay | 9.8% |
| 145 | Cape Verde | 9.8% |
| 146 | Nepal | 9.8% |
| 147 | Bangladesh | 9.7% |
| 148 | South Africa | 9.7% |
| 149 | Fiji | 9.6% |
| 150 | Cambodia | 9.3% |
| 151 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 9.2% |
| 152 | Western Sahara | 9.0% |
| 153 | Brunei Darussalam | 9.0% |
| 154 | Uzbekistan | 9.0% |
| 155 | Timor-Leste | 8.8% |
| 156 | Bhutan | 8.8% |
| 157 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.8% |
| 158 | Bolivia | 8.6% |
| 159 | Nicaragua | 8.2% |
| 160 | Philippines | 8.0% |
| 161 | Egypt | 7.9% |
| 162 | Mongolia | 7.8% |
| 163 | Comoros | 7.7% |
| 164 | Guatemala | 7.5% |
| 165 | Vanuatu | 7.4% |
| 166 | Libya | 7.3% |
| 167 | Eritrea | 7.3% |
| 168 | Haiti | 7.2% |
| 169 | Marshall Islands | 7.2% |
| 170 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.2% |
| 171 | Djibouti | 7.2% |
| 172 | Pakistan | 7.1% |
| 173 | Belize | 7.1% |
| 174 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7.0% |
| 175 | Gabon | 6.8% |
| 176 | Kiribati | 6.8% |
| 177 | Jordan | 6.7% |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.7% |
| 179 | Turkmenistan | 6.7% |
| 180 | Eswatini | 6.7% |
| 181 | Honduras | 6.6% |
| 182 | State of Palestine | 6.6% |
| 183 | Zimbabwe | 6.6% |
| 184 | Rwanda | 6.5% |
| 185 | Togo | 6.5% |
| 186 | Lesotho | 6.2% |
| 187 | Botswana | 6.2% |
| 188 | Guinea | 6.2% |
| 189 | Senegal | 6.2% |
| 190 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.2% |
| 191 | Solomon Islands | 6.1% |
| 192 | Tajikistan | 6.1% |
| 193 | Namibia | 6.0% |
| 194 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.0% |
| 195 | Ghana | 6.0% |
| 196 | Mauritania | 6.0% |
| 197 | Madagascar | 5.8% |
| 198 | Liberia | 5.8% |
| 199 | Maldives | 5.7% |
| 200 | Sudan | 5.7% |
| 201 | Iraq | 5.7% |
| 202 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5.6% |
| 203 | Benin | 5.6% |
| 204 | Ethiopia | 5.5% |
| 205 | Sierra Leone | 5.5% |
| 206 | Nigeria | 5.5% |
| 207 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.5% |
| 208 | Angola | 5.3% |
| 209 | Papua New Guinea | 5.3% |
| 210 | Republic of The Gambia | 5.3% |
| 211 | Mozambique | 5.3% |
| 212 | Republic of the Congo | 5.2% |
| 213 | Niger | 5.1% |
| 214 | South Sudan | 5.1% |
| 215 | Somalia | 5.1% |
| 216 | Cameroon | 5.0% |
| 217 | Mayotte | 5.0% |
| 218 | Kenya | 4.9% |
| 219 | Burundi | 4.8% |
| 220 | Burkina Faso | 4.8% |
| 221 | Mali | 4.7% |
| 222 | Bahrain | 4.7% |
| 223 | Malawi | 4.6% |
| 224 | Nauru | 4.6% |
| 225 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.6% |
| 226 | Yemen | 4.5% |
| 227 | Afghanistan | 4.4% |
| 228 | Central African Republic | 4.3% |
| 229 | Chad | 4.1% |
| 230 | Uganda | 4.0% |
| 231 | Saudi Arabia | 3.9% |
| 232 | Kuwait | 3.8% |
| 233 | Oman | 3.7% |
| 234 | Zambia | 3.4% |
| 235 | United Arab Emirates | 2.1% |
| 236 | Qatar | 1.9% |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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