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El Salvador: Age dependency ratio, young

36.23percent · 2025-18.5% 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 El Salvador from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202536.229
202436.999
202337.746
202238.51
202139.244
202039.925
201940.602
201841.315
201742.18
201643.237
201544.45
201445.799
201347.302
201248.903
201150.546
201052.227
200953.927
200855.585
200757.108
200658.301
200559.268
200460.234
200361.181
200262.086
200162.908
200063.693
199964.565
199865.621
199766.905
199668.413
199570.092
199471.881
199373.716
199274.822
199175.081
199075.283
198975.507
198875.729
198776.287
198677.246
198578.222
198479.248
198380.334
198281.326
198182.28
198083.199
197984.348
197885.767
197787.16
197688.448
197589.612
197490.681
197391.66
197292.51
197193.173
197093.704
196993.732
196893.195
196792.564
196691.937
196591.417
196490.998
196390.506
196289.976
196189.478
196088.951

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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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