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South Africa: Age dependency ratio, old

10.22percent · 2025+26.2% 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 South Africa from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202510.216
20249.923
20239.666
20229.45
20219.284
20209.133
20198.923
20188.704
20178.513
20168.268
20158.096
20148.057
20138.009
20127.973
20117.986
20108.03
20098.065
20088.073
20078.054
20068.025
20057.982
20047.929
20037.896
20027.883
20017.878
20007.865
19997.842
19987.793
19977.695
19967.458
19957.184
19946.889
19936.791
19926.824
19916.744
19906.779
19896.864
19886.925
19876.961
19866.98
19856.983
19846.953
19836.907
19826.88
19816.872
19806.883
19796.89
19786.882
19776.873
19766.854
19756.826
19746.794
19736.759
19726.718
19716.669
19706.608
19696.537
19686.463
19676.392
19666.324
19656.264
19646.216
19636.19
19626.184
19616.196
19606.224

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, old. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio-old (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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