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Greenland: Age dependency ratio, old

17.02percent · 2025+57.0% 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 Greenland from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202517.025
202415.804
202314.648
202213.758
202113.128
202012.583
201912.162
201811.835
201711.523
201611.181
201510.842
201410.598
201310.418
201210.202
20119.952
20109.703
20099.457
20089.16
20078.814
20068.458
20058.104
20047.863
20037.74
20027.648
20017.562
20007.422
19997.291
19987.166
19976.993
19966.807
19956.591
19946.353
19936.119
19925.868
19915.618
19905.394
19895.233
19885.147
19875.086
19865.061
19855.044
19845.059
19835.129
19825.202
19815.254
19805.285
19795.289
19785.273
19775.233
19765.206
19755.197
19745.17
19735.113
19725.023
19714.904
19704.794
19694.727
19684.638
19674.533
19664.429
19654.323
19644.246
19634.157
19624.034
19613.886
19603.749

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

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