Guadeloupe vs Puerto Rico: Old-age dependency ratio

Guadeloupe

38.1%

in 2023

Puerto Rico

37.9%

in 2023

Guadeloupe rank

8th

Puerto Rico rank

10th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Guadeloupe currently reports 38.1% against 37.9% in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Guadeloupe ranks 8th and Puerto Rico ranks 10th of 236 regions.

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).