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Costa Rica: Age dependency ratio, young

26.56percent · 2025-19.0% 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 Costa Rica from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202526.557
202427.255
202328.036
202228.796
202129.486
202030.149
201930.727
201831.168
201731.607
201632.15
201532.789
201433.483
201334.233
201234.996
201135.772
201036.664
200937.615
200838.563
200739.602
200640.774
200542.024
200443.351
200344.779
200246.255
200147.722
200049.157
199950.588
199852.022
199753.443
199654.805
199556.064
199457.227
199358.275
199259.169
199159.9
199060.426
198960.734
198860.858
198760.885
198660.898
198560.946
198461.109
198361.419
198261.966
198162.818
198063.929
197965.279
197866.885
197768.761
197670.868
197573.163
197475.584
197378.055
197280.487
197182.788
197084.926
196986.887
196888.682
196790.205
196691.355
196592.164
196492.668
196392.917
196292.854
196192.498
196091.908

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

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