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Faroe Islands: Age dependency ratio, young

31.87percent · 2025-6.1% 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 Faroe Islands from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202531.871
202432.049
202332.449
202233.081
202133.514
202033.707
201933.867
201833.984
201733.934
201633.801
201533.949
201433.991
201333.742
201233.699
201133.806
201034.183
200934.565
200834.618
200734.736
200635.164
200535.87
200436.624
200337.165
200237.453
200137.689
200037.916
199938.035
199837.984
199737.906
199638.044
199538.363
199438.693
199338.811
199238.694
199138.48
199038.245
198938.17
198838.395
198738.87
198639.444
198540.064
198440.867
198341.936
198243.126
198144.33
198045.5
197946.585
197847.689
197748.754
197649.55
197550.11
197450.588
197351.101
197251.708
197152.419
197053.003
196953.134
196852.993
196752.872
196652.892
196552.982
196453.167
196353.565
196254.095
196154.775
196055.488

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

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