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Korea, Republic of: Age dependency ratio

43.96percent · 2025+20.6% 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 Korea, Republic of from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202543.957
202442.535
202341.454
202240.645
202139.781
202038.767
201937.881
201837.3
201736.779
201636.46
201536.46
201436.472
201336.534
201236.783
201137.255
201037.704
200938.034
200838.435
200738.829
200639.115
200539.364
200439.526
200339.529
200239.444
200139.282
200039.026
199938.84
199838.941
199739.297
199639.876
199540.647
199441.391
199341.983
199242.589
199143.342
199044.325
198945.563
198846.975
198748.611
198650.494
198552.528
198454.618
198356.52
198258.027
198159.36
198060.922
197962.679
197864.709
197767.142
197669.848
197572.816
197475.607
197378.018
197280.056
197181.723
197083.505
196985.289
196886.492
196787.35
196687.714
196587.327
196486.492
196385.133
196283.376
196181.558
196079.982

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. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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