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Brazil vs China: Total dependency ratio

Brazil
44.0%
in 2023
China
44.7%
in 2023
Brazil rank
199th
China rank
196th

Total dependency ratio over time

  • Brazil
  • China
020406080195019862023

How they compare

China currently reports 44.7% against 44.0% in Brazil, a difference of 0.7%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 199th and China ranks 196th 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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The number of children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).