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China: Age dependency ratio, old

21.40percent · 2025+52.5% 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 China from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202521.399
202421.154
202320.72
202219.946
202119.08
202018.221
201917.294
201816.415
201715.539
201614.733
201514.036
201413.424
201312.934
201212.517
201112.169
201011.887
200911.664
200811.481
200711.309
200611.131
200510.986
200410.886
200310.77
200210.624
200110.457
200010.254
199910.02
19989.759
19979.517
19969.316
19959.101
19948.88
19938.661
19928.447
19918.274
19908.116
19897.95
19887.814
19877.722
19867.649
19857.584
19847.536
19837.516
19827.484
19817.43
19807.386
19797.333
19787.299
19777.285
19767.212
19757.081
19746.936
19736.814
19726.759
19716.724
19706.681
19696.652
19686.62
19676.611
19666.621
19656.64
19646.69
19636.748
19626.802
19616.912
19607.12

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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