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Portugal vs Saint Helena: Old-age dependency ratio

Portugal
38.2%
in 2023
Saint Helena
44.0%
in 2023
Portugal rank
7th
Saint Helena rank
4th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

  • Portugal
  • Saint Helena
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How they compare

Saint Helena currently reports 44.0% against 38.2% in Portugal, a difference of 5.8%.

That makes Saint Helena's figure about 1.2 times Portugal's.

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

Portugal ranks 7th and Saint Helena ranks 4th of 236 countries.

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About this data

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
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