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United Kingdom: Age dependency ratio, young

26.79percent · 2025-3.6% 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 Kingdom from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202526.787
202427.142
202327.48
202227.789
202128.11
202028.326
201928.372
201828.342
201728.199
201627.989
201527.787
201427.616
201327.443
201227.222
201127.022
201026.946
200926.937
200826.948
200727.049
200627.281
200527.599
200427.921
200328.065
200228.202
200128.56
200029.052
199929.487
199829.736
199729.91
199630.058
199530.215
199430.331
199330.28
199230.068
199129.758
199029.465
198929.263
198828.952
198728.819
198629.048
198529.346
198429.775
198330.389
198231.142
198131.949
198032.76
197933.61
197834.513
197735.457
197636.391
197537.203
197437.818
197338.219
197238.4
197138.401
197038.273
196938.011
196837.626
196737.171
196636.722
196536.315
196435.952
196335.725
196235.751
196135.934
196035.945

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

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