Statizoid

Australia vs Netherlands: Total dependency ratio

Australia
54.8%
in 2023
Netherlands
54.6%
in 2023
Australia rank
119th
Netherlands rank
121st

Total dependency ratio over time

  • Australia
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 54.8% against 54.6% in Netherlands, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Australia ranks 119th and Netherlands ranks 121st of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total 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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