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Costa Rica: Age dependency ratio, old

18.50percent · 2025+45.1% 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 Costa Rica from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202518.497
202417.724
202316.996
202216.346
202115.784
202015.245
201914.696
201814.158
201713.655
201613.189
201512.747
201412.322
201311.915
201211.534
201111.188
201010.874
200910.591
200810.332
200710.091
20069.864
20059.652
20049.455
20039.269
20029.093
20018.934
20008.798
19998.678
19988.57
19978.467
19968.365
19958.256
19948.14
19938.012
19927.872
19917.725
19907.578
19897.428
19887.278
19877.143
19867.027
19856.925
19846.837
19836.762
19826.705
19816.661
19806.62
19796.576
19786.53
19776.48
19766.429
19756.377
19746.328
19736.285
19726.247
19716.215
19706.19
19696.174
19686.164
19676.155
19666.143
19656.128
19646.108
19636.083
19626.056
19616.03
19606.011

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio, old. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio-old (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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