Australia vs Gibraltar: Age dependency breakdown
Australia
26.9%
in 2023
Gibraltar
27.0%
in 2023
Australia rank
54th
Gibraltar rank
53rd
Age dependency breakdown over time
- Australia
- Gibraltar
How they compare
Gibraltar currently reports 27.0% against 26.9% in Australia, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 54th and Gibraltar ranks 53rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Gibraltar in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Gibraltar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 13.2% | 11.4% | 1.9% | Australia |
| 1960s | 13.7% | 13.1% | 0.7% | Australia |
| 1970s | 13.7% | 14.7% | 1.0% | Gibraltar |
| 1980s | 15.4% | 17.2% | 1.8% | Gibraltar |
| 1990s | 17.6% | 20.9% | 3.3% | Gibraltar |
| 2000s | 19.0% | 23.5% | 4.5% | Gibraltar |
| 2010s | 22.2% | 26.0% | 3.8% | Gibraltar |
| 2020s | 26.0% | 26.9% | 0.9% | Gibraltar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency breakdown, Australia or Gibraltar?
- Gibraltar, at 27.0% against 26.9% in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in age dependency breakdown between Australia and Gibraltar?
- 0.1%, with Gibraltar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Gibraltar?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Gibraltar rank globally for age dependency breakdown?
- Australia ranks 54th and Gibraltar ranks 53rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Age dependency breakdown. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).