Marshall Islands vs Syria: Old-age dependency ratio

Marshall Islands

7.2%

in 2023

Syria

7.2%

in 2023

Marshall Islands rank

169th

Syria rank

170th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Marshall Islands currently reports 7.2% against 7.2% in Syria, a difference of 0.0%.

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

Marshall Islands ranks 169th and Syria ranks 170th 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).