Aruba vs Barbados: Old-age dependency ratio
Aruba
24.6%
in 2023
Barbados
24.2%
in 2023
Aruba rank
63rd
Barbados rank
66th
Old-age dependency ratio over time
- Aruba
- Barbados
How they compare
Aruba currently reports 24.6% against 24.2% in Barbados, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Aruba ahead.
Aruba ranks 63rd and Barbados ranks 66th of 236 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Aruba | Barbados | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.1% | 8.5% | 1.4% | Barbados |
| 1960s | 5.6% | 8.4% | 2.7% | Barbados |
| 1970s | 8.3% | 10.1% | 1.9% | Barbados |
| 1980s | 10.5% | 13.8% | 3.3% | Barbados |
| 1990s | 9.6% | 16.6% | 7.0% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 11.4% | 16.8% | 5.4% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 16.7% | 19.0% | 2.3% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 23.1% | 23.2% | 0.0% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher old-age dependency ratio, Aruba or Barbados?
- Aruba, at 24.6% against 24.2% in Barbados as of 2023.
- What is the difference in old-age dependency ratio between Aruba and Barbados?
- 0.4%, with Aruba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Aruba and Barbados?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Aruba and Barbados rank globally for old-age dependency ratio?
- Aruba ranks 63rd and Barbados ranks 66th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Old-age dependency ratio. 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).