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Norway: Age dependency ratio, old

29.36percent · 2025+18.6% 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 Norway from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202529.356
202428.889
202328.531
202228.251
202127.833
202027.249
201926.693
201826.174
201725.645
201625.175
201524.755
201424.345
201323.932
201223.515
201123.053
201022.626
200922.303
200822.125
200722.144
200622.275
200522.404
200422.486
200322.608
200222.828
200123.099
200023.386
199923.734
199824.084
199724.349
199624.529
199524.674
199424.809
199324.973
199225.123
199125.18
199025.196
198925.139
198825.021
198724.922
198624.769
198524.463
198424.224
198324.074
198223.825
198123.597
198023.398
197923.158
197822.88
197722.551
197622.212
197521.896
197421.57
197321.265
197221.01
197120.773
197020.528
196920.276
196820.004
196719.684
196619.309
196518.921
196418.584
196318.305
196218.049
196117.79
196017.494

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

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