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Sri Lanka: Age dependency ratio

51.92percent · 2025+2.2% 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 Sri Lanka from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202551.919
202451.824
202351.745
202251.682
202151.657
202051.637
201951.584
201851.49
201751.338
201651.112
201550.792
201450.394
201349.968
201249.586
201149.239
201048.913
200948.64
200848.41
200748.228
200648.107
200548.058
200448.108
200348.267
200248.545
200149.02
200049.716
199950.516
199851.319
199752.169
199653.227
199554.5
199455.973
199357.603
199259.281
199160.817
199061.734
198962.496
198863.596
198764.751
198666.017
198567.241
198467.918
198368.182
198268.471
198168.765
198069.119
197969.559
197870.072
197770.74
197671.559
197572.524
197473.636
197374.748
197275.7
197176.464
197077.116
196977.733
196878.311
196778.814
196679.286
196579.7
196480.044
196380.552
196281.283
196181.972
196082.437

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

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