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Hong Kong: Age dependency ratio, old

35.85percent · 2025+70.3% 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 Hong Kong from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202535.848
202433.92
202331.993
202230.238
202128.563
202026.933
201925.441
201824.144
201723.055
201622.059
201521.05
201420.075
201319.246
201218.578
201118.061
201017.698
200917.431
200817.241
200717.143
200617.057
200516.903
200416.685
200316.415
200216.096
200115.755
200015.452
199915.197
199814.917
199714.65
199614.397
199514.004
199413.576
199313.236
199212.922
199112.615
199012.284
198911.971
198811.692
198711.399
198611.088
198510.741
198410.41
198310.162
19829.934
19819.685
19809.409
19799.151
19788.932
19778.702
19768.451
19758.207
19748.012
19737.856
19727.712
19717.552
19707.263
19696.884
19686.585
19675.297
19664.415
19654.199
19644.592
19635.337
19625.295
19615.086
19604.812

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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