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Faroe Islands: Age dependency ratio

60.39percent · 2025-1.3% 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 Faroe Islands from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202560.39
202460.522
202360.987
202261.885
202162.497
202062.436
201962.239
201862.199
201761.967
201661.475
201561.183
201460.53
201359.377
201258.574
201157.989
201057.606
200957.289
200856.73
200756.265
200656.303
200556.781
200457.556
200358.309
200258.702
200159.061
200059.477
199959.747
199859.826
199759.794
199659.905
199560.146
199460.082
199359.504
199258.635
199157.72
199056.862
198956.466
198856.611
198756.966
198657.393
198557.826
198458.358
198359.14
198260.063
198160.987
198061.874
197962.701
197863.541
197764.353
197664.924
197565.264
197465.556
197365.924
197266.416
197167.036
197067.538
196967.557
196867.305
196767.102
196667.034
196567.01
196467.049
196367.318
196267.728
196168.3
196068.895

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. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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