Iceland vs Ireland: Old-age dependency ratio

Iceland

23.0%

in 2023

Ireland

23.7%

in 2023

Iceland rank

73rd

Ireland rank

70th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Ireland currently reports 23.7% against 23.0% in Iceland, a difference of 0.7%.

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

Iceland ranks 73rd and Ireland ranks 70th 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).