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China: Age dependency ratio, young

22.11percent · 2025-13.5% 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 China from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202522.111
202423.09
202324.01
202224.78
202125.403
202025.872
201926.093
201826.126
201725.972
201625.707
201525.574
201425.455
201325.305
201225.198
201125.195
201025.354
200925.592
200825.924
200726.399
200627.078
200528.259
200429.808
200331.321
200232.91
200134.512
200035.863
199937.012
199838.035
199739.159
199640.331
199541.246
199441.996
199342.577
199243.019
199143.476
199043.728
198943.98
198844.737
198745.769
198647.048
198548.884
198451.156
198353.756
198256.011
198158.028
198060.659
197963.642
197867.357
197770.996
197672.33
197572.12
197471.776
197371.655
197272.361
197173.111
197073.502
196973.976
196874.212
196774.936
196675.677
196575.52
196474.763
196372.946
196271.084
196171.138
196072.412

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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