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New Zealand: Age dependency ratio

55.01percent · 2025+4.7% 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 New Zealand from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202555.007
202454.594
202354.257
202254.051
202153.627
202052.998
201952.597
201852.371
201752.258
201652.308
201552.517
201452.754
201352.703
201252.243
201151.638
201051.162
200950.83
200850.605
200750.443
200650.369
200550.504
200450.848
200351.349
200251.965
200152.485
200052.717
199952.78
199852.778
199752.75
199652.789
199552.832
199452.777
199352.61
199252.378
199152.312
199052.217
198952.021
198852.081
198752.458
198653.038
198553.671
198454.46
198355.506
198256.665
198157.662
198058.555
197959.501
197860.473
197761.534
197662.588
197563.538
197464.573
197365.674
197266.588
197167.252
197067.844
196968.394
196868.75
196768.968
196669.28
196569.691
196470.102
196370.52
196270.917
196171.125
196070.888

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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