Jordan vs Romania: Total dependency ratio

Jordan

55.2%

in 2023

Romania

55.3%

in 2023

Jordan rank

116th

Romania rank

114th

Total dependency ratio over time

Romania currently reports 55.3% against 55.2% in Jordan, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Jordan ranks 116th and Romania ranks 114th 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).