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Costa Rica vs New Caledonia: Old-age dependency ratio

Costa Rica
17.0%
in 2023
New Caledonia
16.5%
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
97th
New Caledonia rank
99th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

  • Costa Rica
  • New Caledonia
57.51012.51517.5195019862023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 17.0% against 16.5% in New Caledonia, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was New Caledonia ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 97th and New Caledonia ranks 99th of 236 countries.

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About this data

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
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