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Portugal: Age dependency ratio, old

40.01percent · 2025+26.6% 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 Portugal from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202540.008
202439.144
202338.275
202237.416
202136.642
202035.835
201934.942
201834.083
201733.259
201632.404
201531.591
201430.788
201329.923
201229.155
201128.547
201027.932
200927.347
200826.863
200726.485
200626.17
200525.847
200425.455
200325.044
200224.693
200124.316
200023.904
199923.571
199823.284
199722.94
199622.592
199522.249
199421.899
199321.56
199221.216
199120.84
199020.453
198920.05
198819.647
198719.293
198618.947
198518.605
198418.389
198318.339
198218.27
198118.122
198017.914
197917.648
197817.396
197717.143
197616.917
197516.569
197416.263
197316.132
197215.928
197115.753
197015.423
196915.004
196814.67
196714.308
196614.029
196513.593
196413.231
196313.116
196212.929
196112.719
196012.542

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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 2026-11-07.

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