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Sweden: Age dependency ratio, old

33.52percent · 2025+7.1% 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 Sweden from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202533.524
202433.319
202333.009
202232.72
202132.495
202032.249
201932.038
201831.843
201731.672
201631.537
201531.288
201430.831
201330.231
201229.544
201128.804
201028.068
200927.415
200826.888
200726.551
200626.437
200526.452
200426.442
200326.443
200226.541
200126.686
200026.848
199927.029
199827.204
199727.32
199627.379
199527.415
199427.488
199327.592
199227.648
199127.662
199027.656
198927.636
198827.581
198727.444
198627.156
198526.68
198426.284
198326.061
198225.827
198125.605
198025.406
197925.16
197824.824
197724.411
197623.983
197523.54
197423.018
197322.438
197221.861
197121.322
197020.875
196920.537
196820.211
196719.812
196619.407
196519.081
196418.805
196318.538
196218.291
196118.068
196017.851

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

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