Barbados vs Curacao: Age dependency breakdown
Barbados
24.2%
in 2023
Curacao
23.8%
in 2023
Barbados rank
66th
Curacao rank
69th
Age dependency breakdown over time
- Barbados
- Curacao
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 24.2% against 23.8% in Curacao, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 66th and Curacao ranks 69th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 7 and Curacao in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Curacao | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 8.5% | 8.1% | 0.4% | Barbados |
| 1960s | 8.4% | 8.2% | 0.2% | Barbados |
| 1970s | 10.1% | 9.3% | 0.8% | Barbados |
| 1980s | 13.8% | 9.7% | 4.1% | Barbados |
| 1990s | 16.6% | 11.9% | 4.8% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 16.8% | 15.5% | 1.3% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 19.0% | 20.0% | 1.0% | Curacao |
| 2020s | 23.2% | 22.7% | 0.5% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency breakdown, Barbados or Curacao?
- Barbados, at 24.2% against 23.8% in Curacao as of 2023.
- What is the difference in age dependency breakdown between Barbados and Curacao?
- 0.4%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Curacao?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Curacao rank globally for age dependency breakdown?
- Barbados ranks 66th and Curacao ranks 69th 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).