Brazil vs Greenland: Old-age dependency ratio

Brazil

15.3%

in 2023

Greenland

14.7%

in 2023

Brazil rank

106th

Greenland rank

109th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Brazil currently reports 15.3% against 14.7% in Greenland, a difference of 0.6%.

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

Brazil ranks 106th and Greenland ranks 109th 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).