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Korea, Republic of: Age dependency ratio, young

14.69percent · 2025-21.8% 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 Korea, Republic of from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202514.69
202415.063
202315.519
202216.054
202116.494
202016.811
201917.112
201817.454
201717.803
201618.225
201518.782
201419.378
201320.018
201220.775
201121.676
201022.568
200923.384
200824.248
200725.145
200626.01
200526.82
200427.525
200328.086
200228.545
200128.913
200029.168
199929.457
199829.951
199730.648
199631.527
199532.54
199433.528
199334.365
199235.185
199136.134
199037.274
198938.636
198840.178
198741.931
198643.915
198546.053
198448.203
198350.126
198251.692
198153.13
198054.764
197956.54
197858.569
197760.983
197663.661
197566.582
197469.332
197371.733
197273.786
197175.504
197077.341
196979.132
196880.315
196781.187
196681.568
196581.2
196480.41
196379.118
196277.481
196175.806
196074.349

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

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