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Korea, Republic of: Age dependency ratio, old

29.27percent · 2025+65.6% 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 Korea, Republic of from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202529.267
202427.471
202325.936
202224.591
202123.287
202021.956
201920.77
201819.846
201718.976
201618.235
201517.678
201417.094
201316.517
201216.008
201115.579
201015.136
200914.65
200814.187
200713.685
200613.105
200512.543
200412
200311.443
200210.899
200110.369
20009.858
19999.383
19988.99
19978.65
19968.349
19958.107
19947.863
19937.618
19927.404
19917.207
19907.051
19896.928
19886.797
19876.68
19866.579
19856.475
19846.414
19836.394
19826.335
19816.23
19806.158
19796.139
19786.14
19776.159
19766.188
19756.234
19746.276
19736.285
19726.269
19716.219
19706.164
19696.157
19686.178
19676.163
19666.146
19656.127
19646.082
19636.015
19625.895
19615.752
19605.633

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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