Bhutan vs Nicaragua: Old-age dependency ratio

Bhutan

8.8%

in 2023

Nicaragua

8.2%

in 2023

Bhutan rank

156th

Nicaragua rank

159th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Bhutan currently reports 8.8% against 8.2% in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Bhutan ranks 156th and Nicaragua ranks 159th 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).