Latvia vs Serbia: Old-age dependency ratio

Latvia

33.9%

in 2023

Serbia

35.3%

in 2023

Latvia rank

19th

Serbia rank

17th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Serbia currently reports 35.3% against 33.9% in Latvia, a difference of 1.4%.

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

Latvia ranks 19th and Serbia ranks 17th 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).