IntervaOpen the desk

World Bank · Health

Sri Lanka: Age dependency ratio, young

32.97percent · 2025-11.5% since 2015

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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
202532.968
202433.447
202333.932
202234.417
202134.905
202035.388
201935.856
201836.286
201736.668
201636.99
201537.235
201437.406
201337.533
201237.663
201137.778
201037.853
200937.916
200837.974
200738.043
200638.13
200538.254
200438.441
200338.718
200239.111
200139.678
200040.425
199941.243
199842.042
199742.87
199643.889
199545.113
199446.582
199348.252
199249.965
199151.562
199052.636
198953.565
198854.789
198756.08
198657.468
198558.818
198459.684
198360.174
198260.665
198161.128
198061.625
197962.194
197862.825
197763.6
197664.51
197565.548
197466.715
197367.871
197268.861
197169.66
197070.342
196970.979
196871.564
196772.06
196672.501
196572.854
196473.107
196373.479
196274.029
196174.505
196074.731

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

The dataset for every country, with quality and provenance →

Cite or download

World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio, young. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio-young (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

CSV, all countriesJSON, Sri LankaAPI and MCP

Age dependency ratio, young in other countries

Rank Sri Lanka against its region, see where publishers disagree, or ask a question in plain words on the Interva desk.

Sri Lanka: Age dependency ratio, young (1960–2025) · Interva