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Maldives: Age dependency ratio

31.57percent · 2025-15.6% 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 Maldives from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202531.57
202431.982
202332.265
202232.387
202132.794
202033.534
201934.234
201834.958
201735.742
201636.573
201537.41
201438.173
201338.941
201239.933
201141.281
201043.078
200945.399
200848.326
200751.907
200655.907
200559.574
200462.891
200366.421
200270.156
200174.172
200078.434
199982.593
199886.411
199789.891
199693.04
199595.766
199497.794
199399.054
199299.577
199199.405
199098.717
198997.886
198896.993
198795.69
198693.955
198592.284
198491.818
198392.64
198293.566
198194.084
198094.214
197994.055
197893.678
197793.481
197693.321
197592.711
197492.244
197392.393
197292.62
197192.385
197091.758
196990.867
196889.84
196788.284
196685.248
196580.789
196476.74
196374.017
196272.021
196170.598
196069.717

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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