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United Arab Emirates: Age dependency ratio, young

19.43percent · 2025-5.7% 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 United Arab Emirates from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202519.43
202419.618
202319.934
202220.12
202120.164
202020.254
201920.348
201820.429
201720.504
201620.576
201520.61
201420.625
201320.601
201220.556
201120.574
201020.653
200920.654
200820.666
200720.902
200621.247
200521.653
200422.143
200322.772
200223.746
200125.098
200026.752
199928.603
199830.558
199732.491
199634.111
199535.504
199436.886
199338.243
199239.642
199141.115
199042.629
198944.085
198845.315
198746.069
198645.995
198545.143
198443.953
198342.61
198241.151
198139.51
198038.406
197937.94
197837.525
197737.419
197637.76
197538.222
197438.614
197339.269
197240.281
197141.664
197043.333
196945.005
196846.465
196748.611
196651.069
196552.826
196454.293
196355.832
196257.765
196160.207
196063.082

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Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio, young. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio-young (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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