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United Kingdom: Age dependency ratio, old

31.11percent · 2025+12.7% 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 United Kingdom from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202531.11
202430.798
202330.367
202229.84
202129.503
202029.334
201929.059
201828.662
201728.281
201627.936
201527.615
201427.228
201326.712
201226.008
201125.26
201024.792
200924.503
200824.247
200724.107
200624.12
200524.228
200424.295
200324.292
200224.295
200124.322
200024.38
199924.489
199824.612
199724.704
199624.761
199524.792
199424.792
199324.772
199224.709
199124.579
199024.426
198924.278
198823.926
198723.551
198623.333
198523.031
198422.819
198322.959
198223.256
198123.417
198023.417
197923.313
197823.149
197722.948
197622.758
197522.547
197422.26
197321.933
197221.605
197121.251
197020.856
196920.454
196820.066
196719.674
196619.307
196518.974
196418.638
196318.333
196218.169
196118.115
196018.005

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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