Panama vs Turkey: Old-age dependency ratio

Panama

13.8%

in 2023

Turkey

14.7%

in 2023

Panama rank

113th

Turkey rank

110th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Turkey currently reports 14.7% against 13.8% in Panama, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes Turkey's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.

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

Panama ranks 113th and Turkey ranks 110th 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

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