New Zealand vs Niue: Age dependency breakdown

New Zealand

25.9%

in 2023

Niue

26.6%

in 2023

New Zealand rank

60th

Niue rank

57th

Age dependency breakdown over time

Niue currently reports 26.6% against 25.9% in New Zealand, a difference of 0.7%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was New Zealand ahead.

New Zealand ranks 60th and Niue ranks 57th of 236 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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