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Jamaica: Age dependency ratio

36.73percent · 2025-13.5% 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 Jamaica from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202536.732
202436.821
202336.979
202237.206
202137.665
202038.325
201939.036
201839.81
201740.662
201641.543
201542.467
201443.576
201344.853
201246.197
201147.622
201049.103
200950.635
200852.22
200753.85
200655.464
200556.991
200458.442
200359.909
200261.453
200163.066
200064.747
199966.431
199868.006
199769.387
199670.562
199571.571
199472.44
199373.191
199273.855
199174.63
199075.598
198976.663
198877.852
198779.04
198680.174
198581.372
198482.64
198384.037
198285.694
198187.562
198089.489
197991.455
197893.376
197795.16
197696.905
197598.709
1974100.412
1973101.907
1972103.172
1971103.946
1970104.044
1969103.414
1968102.051
1967100.105
196697.881
196595.529
196492.815
196390.085
196287.712
196185.453
196083.197

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

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