South Korea vs Taiwan: Old-age dependency ratio

South Korea

25.9%

in 2023

Taiwan

26.2%

in 2023

South Korea rank

59th

Taiwan rank

58th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Taiwan currently reports 26.2% against 25.9% in South Korea, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 59th and Taiwan ranks 58th 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).