Age dependency ratio, old

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.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
215
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    United Nations

    World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

    World Bank

    Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Afghanistan20254.41percent
Albania202526.79percent
Algeria202510.76percent
American Samoa202513.11percent
Andorra202523.06percent
Angola20255.46percent
Antigua and Barbuda202517.58percent
Argentina202519.04percent
Armenia202521.70percent
Aruba202527.02percent

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