Saint Helena vs Vatican: Old-age dependency ratio

Saint Helena

44.0%

in 2023

Vatican

91.5%

in 2023

Saint Helena rank

4th

Vatican rank

1st

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Vatican currently reports 91.5% against 44.0% in Saint Helena, a difference of 47.5%.

That makes Vatican's figure about 2.1 times Saint Helena's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Saint Helena ahead.

Saint Helena ranks 4th and Vatican ranks 1st 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).