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Sri Lanka: Age dependency ratio, old

18.95percent · 2025+39.8% 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 Sri Lanka from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202518.951
202418.377
202317.813
202217.265
202116.751
202016.249
201915.728
201815.203
201714.67
201614.122
201513.557
201412.988
201312.436
201211.923
201111.462
201011.06
200910.724
200810.436
200710.185
20069.976
20059.803
20049.667
20039.549
20029.434
20019.342
20009.29
19999.273
19989.278
19979.299
19969.338
19959.386
19949.392
19939.351
19929.315
19919.255
19909.097
19898.93
19888.807
19878.671
19868.549
19858.423
19848.234
19838.009
19827.806
19817.636
19807.494
19797.365
19787.247
19777.14
19767.049
19756.977
19746.921
19736.877
19726.839
19716.804
19706.774
19696.754
19686.747
19676.754
19666.785
19656.845
19646.937
19637.073
19627.254
19617.467
19607.705

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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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