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Faroe Islands: Age dependency ratio, old

28.52percent · 2025+4.7% 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 Faroe Islands from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202528.52
202428.473
202328.537
202228.804
202128.983
202028.729
201928.372
201828.215
201728.033
201627.674
201527.234
201426.539
201325.635
201224.875
201124.182
201023.423
200922.724
200822.111
200721.528
200621.139
200520.911
200420.932
200321.144
200221.249
200121.372
200021.562
199921.712
199821.842
199721.888
199621.86
199521.783
199421.39
199320.693
199219.941
199119.24
199018.617
198918.296
198818.215
198718.096
198617.95
198517.762
198417.492
198317.204
198216.937
198116.657
198016.374
197916.116
197815.852
197715.6
197615.375
197515.154
197414.968
197314.823
197214.708
197114.617
197014.535
196914.423
196814.312
196714.23
196614.142
196514.028
196413.882
196313.753
196213.634
196113.525
196013.407

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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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