Barbados vs Curacao: Old-age dependency ratio

Barbados

24.2%

in 2023

Curacao

23.8%

in 2023

Barbados rank

66th

Curacao rank

69th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Barbados currently reports 24.2% against 23.8% in Curacao, a difference of 0.5%.

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.

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).