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Australia: Age dependency ratio, old

28.17percent · 2025+25.2% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Australia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202528.17
202427.519
202326.916
202226.395
202125.837
202025.097
201924.383
201823.844
201723.396
201622.969
201522.508
201422.023
201321.539
201221.038
201120.528
201020.073
200919.726
200819.519
200719.398
200619.272
200519.131
200418.984
200318.84
200218.713
200118.577
200018.44
199918.333
199818.224
199718.096
199617.95
199517.783
199417.598
199317.367
199217.099
199116.813
199016.529
198916.313
198816.13
198715.928
198615.69
198515.447
198415.266
198315.137
198215.028
198114.898
198014.719
197914.491
197814.25
197714.04
197613.847
197513.646
197413.496
197313.397
197213.297
197113.247
197013.283
196913.367
196813.485
196713.605
196613.698
196513.773
196413.836
196313.889
196213.916
196113.923
196013.915

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio, old. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio-old (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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