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Barbados: Age dependency ratio, young

25.91percent · 2025-8.3% 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 Barbados from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202525.913
202426.041
202326.328
202226.624
202126.782
202026.89
201927.036
201827.246
201727.51
201627.853
201528.256
201428.631
201328.95
201229.23
201129.465
201029.636
200929.734
200829.803
200730.039
200630.522
200531.082
200431.576
200331.938
200232.187
200132.439
200032.762
199933.146
199833.619
199734.116
199634.535
199534.882
199435.224
199335.609
199236.06
199136.626
199037.312
198937.808
198838.151
198738.643
198639.218
198539.742
198440.284
198341.07
198242.045
198143.459
198045.402
197947.556
197849.887
197752.119
197653.929
197555.881
197457.774
197359.034
197260.046
197160.782
197061.58
196962.485
196863.131
196763.686
196663.927
196563.812
196463.662
196363.576
196263.616
196163.852
196063.892

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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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