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Australia: Age dependency ratio, young

27.53percent · 2025-3.6% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Australia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202527.527
202427.693
202327.917
202228.189
202128.419
202028.509
201928.537
201828.602
201728.647
201628.634
201528.556
201428.468
201328.386
201228.291
201128.24
201028.291
200928.422
200828.606
200728.82
200629.058
200529.344
200429.666
200330.005
200230.361
200130.71
200031.019
199931.304
199831.574
199731.838
199632.099
199532.326
199432.497
199332.619
199232.713
199132.804
199032.939
198933.175
198833.547
198734.086
198634.816
198535.63
198436.387
198337.067
198237.672
198138.229
198038.804
197939.484
197840.298
197741.185
197642.123
197543.046
197443.869
197344.583
197245.142
197145.541
197045.861
196946.146
196846.511
196747.017
196647.505
196547.922
196448.307
196348.63
196248.999
196149.324
196049.307

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

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