Cook Islands vs Cyprus: Old-age dependency ratio

Cook Islands

20.7%

in 2023

Cyprus

20.6%

in 2023

Cook Islands rank

79th

Cyprus rank

81st

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Cook Islands currently reports 20.7% against 20.6% in Cyprus, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Cook Islands ranks 79th and Cyprus ranks 81st 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).