Ecuador vs Mexico: Old-age dependency ratio

Ecuador

12.1%

in 2023

Mexico

11.9%

in 2023

Ecuador rank

121st

Mexico rank

124th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Ecuador currently reports 12.1% against 11.9% in Mexico, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Ecuador ranks 121st and Mexico ranks 124th 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).