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Bhutan: Age dependency ratio

36.96percent · 2025-23.5% 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 Bhutan from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202536.965
202437.748
202338.562
202239.44
202140.443
202041.626
201943.044
201844.653
201746.319
201647.549
201548.341
201449.111
201349.836
201250.623
201151.589
201052.757
200954.105
200855.633
200757.324
200659.091
200561.073
200463.566
200366.3
200268.878
200171.284
200073.483
199975.428
199877.208
199778.841
199680.233
199581.428
199482.411
199383.175
199283.767
199184.131
199084.288
198984.395
198884.501
198784.528
198684.48
198584.367
198484.192
198383.95
198283.633
198183.261
198082.866
197982.46
197882.06
197781.661
197681.249
197580.847
197480.465
197380.11
197279.789
197179.516
197079.292
196979.127
196879.01
196778.926
196678.89
196578.903
196479.072
196379.283
196279.675
196180.282
196080.79

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

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