Cayman Islands vs Jamaica: Old-age dependency ratio

Cayman Islands

11.4%

in 2023

Jamaica

10.8%

in 2023

Cayman Islands rank

133rd

Jamaica rank

135th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Cayman Islands currently reports 11.4% against 10.8% in Jamaica, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes Cayman Islands's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.

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

Cayman Islands ranks 133rd and Jamaica ranks 135th 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

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