Colombia vs Peru: Old-age dependency ratio

Colombia

13.4%

in 2023

Peru

13.5%

in 2023

Colombia rank

115th

Peru rank

114th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Peru currently reports 13.5% against 13.4% in Colombia, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Colombia ranks 115th and Peru ranks 114th 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).