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United Arab Emirates: Age dependency ratio

21.61percent · 2025-3.8% 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 United Arab Emirates from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202521.61
202421.77
202322.003
202222.123
202122.141
202022.165
201922.216
201822.265
201722.313
201622.393
201522.453
201422.457
201322.416
201222.351
201122.325
201022.393
200922.457
200822.572
200722.993
200623.501
200523.851
200424.203
200324.714
200225.581
200126.832
200028.389
199930.151
199832.031
199733.906
199635.484
199536.87
199438.272
199339.647
199241.067
199142.564
199044.109
198945.603
198846.877
198747.676
198647.645
198546.811
198445.612
198344.259
198242.786
198141.126
198040.084
197939.783
197839.556
197739.655
197640.223
197540.724
197440.949
197341.494
197242.446
197143.814
197045.514
196947.279
196848.902
196751.224
196653.828
196555.741
196457.372
196359.09
196261.221
196163.886
196067.004

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

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