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Jamaica: Age dependency ratio, young

25.00percent · 2025-25.0% since 2015

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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
202525.001
202425.589
202326.21
202226.865
202127.599
202028.449
201929.375
201830.33
201731.322
201632.322
201533.344
201434.478
201335.761
201237.152
201138.638
201040.181
200941.763
200843.376
200745.001
200646.577
200548.029
200449.363
200350.661
200251.984
200153.347
200054.763
199956.173
199857.482
199758.608
199659.516
199560.225
199460.772
199361.181
199261.484
199161.981
199062.788
198963.736
198864.835
198765.956
198667.019
198568.098
198469.196
198370.371
198271.807
198173.513
198075.353
197977.329
197879.368
197781.357
197683.325
197585.322
197487.191
197388.83
197290.262
197191.334
197091.775
196991.502
196890.626
196789.249
196687.593
196585.76
196483.517
196381.199
196279.184
196177.287
196075.429

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

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