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United States: Age dependency ratio

55.01percent · 2025+9.2% 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 States from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202555.006
202454.448
202353.909
202253.378
202152.952
202052.59
201952.164
201851.694
201751.236
201650.789
201550.38
201449.959
201349.5
201248.994
201148.511
201048.246
200948.098
200847.919
200747.774
200647.803
200548.096
200448.498
200348.875
200249.252
200149.639
200050.036
199950.445
199850.865
199751.293
199651.675
199551.969
199452.145
199352.16
199251.998
199151.654
199051.238
198950.775
198850.283
198749.893
198649.705
198549.765
198449.883
198349.923
198249.944
198150.052
198050.321
197950.789
197851.501
197752.404
197653.544
197554.882
197456.299
197357.833
197259.407
197160.851
197061.995
196962.998
196864.08
196765.117
196665.999
196566.561
196466.878
196367.182
196267.509
196167.608
196066.935

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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