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El Salvador: Age dependency ratio

48.57percent · 2025-12.5% 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 El Salvador from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202548.574
202449.153
202349.725
202250.328
202150.962
202051.614
201952.21
201852.772
201753.493
201654.425
201555.541
201456.824
201358.285
201259.861
201161.498
201063.192
200964.937
200866.67
200768.28
200669.244
200569.671
200470.119
200370.571
200271.002
200171.367
200071.709
199972.156
199872.806
199773.705
199674.848
199576.188
199477.665
199379.208
199280.114
199180.249
199080.336
198980.455
198880.586
198781.101
198682.04
198583.01
198484.062
198385.201
198286.255
198187.271
198088.254
197989.482
197890.985
197792.47
197693.862
197595.158
197496.394
197397.551
197298.589
197199.458
1970100.219
1969100.363
196899.798
196799.119
196698.437
196597.865
196497.401
196396.862
196296.284
196195.802
196095.355

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

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