Macao vs Mauritius: Old-age dependency ratio

Macao

18.6%

in 2023

Mauritius

18.0%

in 2023

Macao rank

87th

Mauritius rank

90th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Macao currently reports 18.6% against 18.0% in Mauritius, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritius ahead.

Macao ranks 87th and Mauritius ranks 90th 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).