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Ireland: Age dependency ratio, old

24.67percent · 2025+23.4% 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 Ireland from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202524.671
202424.243
202323.749
202223.19
202122.733
202022.288
201921.798
201821.353
201720.91
201620.46
201519.994
201419.455
201318.845
201218.188
201117.507
201016.848
200916.244
200815.791
200715.639
200615.815
200516.106
200416.265
200316.311
200216.382
200116.52
200016.692
199916.894
199817.105
199717.293
199617.485
199517.699
199417.894
199318.072
199218.254
199118.416
199018.543
198918.56
198818.411
198718.203
198618.091
198518.059
198418.018
198318.025
198218.123
198118.211
198018.274
197918.332
197818.376
197718.39
197618.396
197518.413
197418.498
197318.711
197219.006
197119.235
197019.278
196919.293
196819.359
196719.408
196619.478
196519.422
196419.285
196319.307
196219.425
196119.509
196019.369

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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