Denmark vs United Kingdom: Total dependency ratio

Denmark

57.4%

in 2023

United Kingdom

57.8%

in 2023

Denmark rank

97th

United Kingdom rank

94th

Total dependency ratio over time

United Kingdom currently reports 57.8% against 57.4% in Denmark, a difference of 0.4%.

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

Denmark ranks 97th and United Kingdom ranks 94th of 236 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).