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United States: Age dependency ratio, old

28.50percent · 2025+32.4% 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 States from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202528.501
202427.691
202326.829
202225.951
202125.197
202024.524
201923.848
201823.196
201722.593
201622.037
201521.52
201421.008
201320.483
201219.93
201119.405
201019.042
200918.766
200818.47
200718.191
200618.008
200517.965
200417.985
200318.018
200218.079
200118.168
200018.283
199918.416
199818.559
199718.691
199618.79
199518.852
199418.877
199318.878
199218.828
199118.732
199018.61
198918.421
198818.198
198717.972
198617.745
198517.552
198417.374
198317.18
198216.989
198116.817
198016.65
197916.461
197816.281
197716.127
197616.005
197515.908
197415.829
197315.792
197215.778
197115.781
197015.744
196915.674
196815.639
196715.601
196615.553
196515.42
196415.256
196315.169
196215.093
196114.971
196014.743

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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