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Barbados: Age dependency ratio

51.86percent · 2025+9.7% since 2015

Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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 Barbados from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202551.86
202451.038
202350.558
202250.205
202149.617
202048.881
201948.226
201847.756
201747.437
201647.302
201547.288
201447.231
201347.151
201247.085
201147.039
201047.01
200946.854
200846.642
200746.734
200647.218
200547.822
200448.349
200348.76
200249.003
200149.221
200049.616
199950.029
199850.432
199750.849
199651.204
199551.489
199451.746
199352.083
199252.527
199153.116
199053.897
198954.205
198854.008
198753.956
198653.983
198553.921
198453.846
198354.002
198254.334
198155.132
198056.512
197958.326
197860.515
197762.601
197664.253
197566.069
197467.843
197368.973
197269.87
197170.466
197071.082
196971.782
196872.191
196772.48
196672.46
196572.112
196471.775
196371.545
196271.481
196171.656
196071.699

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

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