Statizoid

Iran vs Jamaica: Age dependency breakdown

Iran
11.4%
in 2023
Jamaica
10.8%
in 2023
Iran rank
132nd
Jamaica rank
135th

Age dependency breakdown over time

  • Iran
  • Jamaica
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How they compare

Iran currently reports 11.4% against 10.8% in Jamaica, a difference of 0.7%.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 132nd and Jamaica ranks 135th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Age dependency breakdown
Unit
%
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).