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Hong Kong: Age dependency ratio

51.47percent · 2025+39.7% 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 Hong Kong from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202551.466
202449.645
202347.807
202246.189
202144.587
202043.066
201941.714
201840.402
201739.129
201637.912
201536.843
201435.852
201334.962
201234.251
201133.918
201034.097
200934.484
200834.879
200735.326
200635.93
200536.712
200437.481
200338.082
200238.446
200138.677
200039.066
199939.581
199839.959
199740.225
199640.451
199540.742
199441.127
199341.497
199241.828
199142.161
199042.515
198942.908
198843.349
198743.808
198644.251
198544.536
198444.753
198345.051
198245.38
198145.797
198046.672
197948.169
197850.105
197752.279
197654.483
197556.801
197459.279
197361.826
197264.4
197167.493
197074.249
196986.52
1968104.051
196787.262
196669.761
196569.223
196486.606
1963108.241
196293.12
196181.892
196076.439

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

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