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Jamaica: Age dependency ratio, old

11.73percent · 2025+28.6% 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 Jamaica from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202511.73
202411.232
202310.77
202210.341
202110.066
20209.875
20199.661
20189.48
20179.34
20169.222
20159.123
20149.098
20139.093
20129.045
20118.984
20108.922
20098.872
20088.845
20078.848
20068.887
20058.962
20049.078
20039.248
20029.469
20019.72
20009.985
199910.258
199810.524
199710.779
199611.046
199511.345
199411.668
199312.009
199212.371
199112.649
199012.81
198912.927
198813.017
198713.084
198613.155
198513.274
198413.444
198313.666
198213.887
198114.049
198014.136
197914.126
197814.008
197713.803
197613.58
197513.387
197413.221
197313.077
197212.91
197112.611
197012.269
196911.912
196811.425
196710.856
196610.288
19659.77
19649.299
19638.886
19628.528
19618.167
19607.768

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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