Australia vs Niue: Old-age dependency ratio

Australia

26.9%

in 2023

Niue

26.6%

in 2023

Australia rank

54th

Niue rank

57th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Australia currently reports 26.9% against 26.6% in Niue, a difference of 0.3%.

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

Australia ranks 54th and Niue ranks 57th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Old-age dependency ratio
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).