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New Zealand: Age dependency ratio, old

27.30percent · 2025+23.0% 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 New Zealand from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202527.296
202426.584
202325.913
202225.336
202124.652
202023.899
201923.35
201822.944
201722.639
201622.406
201522.199
201421.95
201321.51
201220.847
201120.158
201019.626
200919.239
200818.945
200718.681
200618.384
200518.093
200417.914
200317.893
200217.979
200118.035
200017.957
199917.829
199817.708
199717.616
199617.594
199517.581
199417.516
199317.387
199217.212
199117
199016.807
198916.608
198816.37
198716.168
198615.985
198515.799
198415.672
198315.661
198215.68
198115.588
198015.421
197915.217
197814.95
197714.696
197614.5
197514.363
197414.31
197314.323
197214.331
197114.298
197014.253
196914.213
196814.169
196714.11
196614.089
196514.127
196414.217
196314.363
196214.533
196114.702
196014.831

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio, old. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio-old (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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