Cook Islands vs Thailand: Old-age dependency ratio

Cook Islands

20.7%

in 2023

Thailand

20.9%

in 2023

Cook Islands rank

79th

Thailand rank

77th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Thailand currently reports 20.9% against 20.7% in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Cook Islands ranks 79th and Thailand ranks 77th 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).