Old-age dependency ratio by country
The number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).
Countries reporting
229
Highest
91.5%
Vatican
Lowest
1.9%
Qatar
Median
12.1%
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Old-age dependency ratio is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 91.5% in Vatican; the lowest is 1.9% in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.1%, and the mean is 16.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 48.
Over the past decade 205 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Martin (French part) (up 192.9%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 28.0%).
Old-age dependency ratio: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vatican | 91.5% | 2023 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Monaco | 70.1% | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 3 | Japan | 50.1% | 2023 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Saint Helena | 44.0% | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 6 | Finland | 38.3% | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 7 | Portugal | 38.2% | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 9 | Italy | 38.0% | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 10 | Puerto Rico | 37.9% | 2023 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 11 | Greece | 37.3% | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 12 | United States Virgin Islands | 36.3% | 2023 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Croatia | 36.2% | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 14 | Isle of Man | 36.1% | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 36.0% | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 16 | France | 35.3% | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 17 | Serbia | 35.3% | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 34.3% | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 19 | Latvia | 33.9% | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 20 | Slovenia | 33.4% | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33.2% | 2023 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Estonia | 33.1% | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 23 | San Marino | 33.1% | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 24 | Sweden | 33.0% | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 25 | Guernsey | 33.0% | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 26 | Denmark | 32.4% | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 27 | Czechia | 32.2% | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 28 | Hungary | 32.2% | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 29 | Bermuda | 32.0% | 2023 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 31.8% | 2023 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Belgium | 31.7% | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 32 | Spain | 31.2% | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 33 | Netherlands | 31.1% | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 35 | Austria | 30.7% | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 36 | Romania | 30.7% | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 37 | Lithuania | 30.4% | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 30.3% | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 39 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 30.1% | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 40 | Montserrat | 30.0% | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 41 | Switzerland | 30.0% | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 42 | Poland | 29.9% | 2023 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 43 | Canada | 29.6% | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 45 | Faroe Islands | 28.5% | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 46 | Norway | 28.5% | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 47 | Saint Martin (French part) | 27.9% | 2023 | up 192.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Jersey | 27.9% | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 49 | Saint Barthelemy | 27.6% | 2023 | up 109.9% | rising |
| 50 | Ukraine | 27.6% | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 51 | Slovakia | 27.3% | 2023 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 52 | Montenegro | 27.2% | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 53 | Gibraltar | 27.0% | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 54 | Australia | 26.9% | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 55 | United States | 26.8% | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 26.7% | 2023 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 57 | Niue | 26.6% | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 58 | Taiwan | 26.2% | 2023 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 59 | South Korea | 25.9% | 2023 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 60 | New Zealand | 25.9% | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 61 | Belarus | 25.7% | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 62 | Russia | 25.2% | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 63 | Aruba | 24.6% | 2023 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 64 | Albania | 24.4% | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 65 | Moldova | 24.2% | 2023 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 66 | Barbados | 24.2% | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 67 | Georgia | 24.1% | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 68 | Uruguay | 24.0% | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 69 | Curacao | 23.8% | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 71 | Cuba | 23.7% | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 72 | Reunion | 23.3% | 2023 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 73 | Iceland | 23.0% | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 75 | Wallis and Futuna | 21.8% | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 76 | Andorra | 21.3% | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 77 | Thailand | 20.9% | 2023 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 78 | China | 20.7% | 2023 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 79 | Cook Islands | 20.7% | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 80 | Israel | 20.7% | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 81 | Cyprus | 20.6% | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 82 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 20.1% | 2023 | up 41.7% | falling |
| 83 | Chile | 19.8% | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 84 | Armenia | 19.6% | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 85 | Guam | 19.6% | 2023 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 19.0% | 2023 | up 111.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Macao | 18.6% | 2023 | up 90.4% | rising |
| 88 | Argentina | 18.6% | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 89 | Dominica | 18.4% | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 90 | Mauritius | 18.0% | 2023 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 17.8% | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 92 | North Korea | 17.4% | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 93 | Singapore | 17.4% | 2023 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 94 | Grenada | 17.4% | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 95 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17.3% | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 96 | Anguilla | 17.3% | 2023 | up 43.9% | flat |
| 97 | Costa Rica | 17.0% | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 98 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16.9% | 2023 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 99 | New Caledonia | 16.5% | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 100 | Falkland Islands | 16.4% | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 101 | Bahamas | 16.4% | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 102 | Antigua and Barbuda | 15.9% | 2023 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 103 | Lebanon | 15.5% | 2023 | up 67.5% | flat |
| 104 | Palau | 15.4% | 2023 | up 60.8% | falling |
| 105 | French Polynesia | 15.4% | 2023 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 106 | Brazil | 15.3% | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 107 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 15.1% | 2023 | up 44.3% | flat |
| 108 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 15.0% | 2023 | up 42.7% | falling |
| 109 | Greenland | 14.7% | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 110 | Turkey | 14.7% | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 111 | Venezuela | 14.5% | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 112 | Tunisia | 13.8% | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 113 | Panama | 13.8% | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 114 | Peru | 13.5% | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 115 | Colombia | 13.4% | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 116 | Kazakhstan | 13.4% | 2023 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 117 | Saint Lucia | 12.8% | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 118 | Northern Mariana Islands | 12.7% | 2023 | up 129.8% | flat |
| 119 | Vietnam | 12.7% | 2023 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 120 | British Virgin Islands | 12.2% | 2023 | up 36.2% | falling |
| 121 | Ecuador | 12.1% | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 122 | Tokelau | 12.1% | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 123 | El Salvador | 12.0% | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 124 | Mexico | 11.9% | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 125 | Morocco | 11.8% | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 126 | Seychelles | 11.6% | 2023 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 127 | American Samoa | 11.6% | 2023 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 128 | Dominican Republic | 11.6% | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 129 | Azerbaijan | 11.5% | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 130 | Suriname | 11.5% | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 131 | Tonga | 11.4% | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 132 | Iran | 11.4% | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 133 | Cayman Islands | 11.4% | 2023 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 134 | French Guiana | 11.0% | 2023 | up 51.7% | falling |
| 135 | Jamaica | 10.8% | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 136 | Malaysia | 10.6% | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 137 | Tuvalu | 10.4% | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 138 | Myanmar | 10.4% | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 139 | Indonesia | 10.4% | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 140 | Samoa | 10.3% | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 141 | India | 10.2% | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 142 | Algeria | 10.1% | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 143 | Guyana | 10.1% | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 144 | Paraguay | 9.8% | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 145 | Cape Verde | 9.8% | 2023 | up 29.2% | flat |
| 146 | Nepal | 9.8% | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 147 | Bangladesh | 9.7% | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 148 | South Africa | 9.7% | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 149 | Fiji | 9.6% | 2023 | up 26.2% | flat |
| 150 | Cambodia | 9.3% | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 151 | Micronesia (country) | 9.2% | 2023 | up 60.2% | flat |
| 152 | Western Sahara | 9.0% | 2023 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 153 | Brunei | 9.0% | 2023 | up 71.9% | falling |
| 154 | Uzbekistan | 9.0% | 2023 | up 29.2% | falling |
| 155 | East Timor | 8.8% | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 156 | Bhutan | 8.8% | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 157 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.8% | 2023 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 158 | Bolivia | 8.6% | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 159 | Nicaragua | 8.2% | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 160 | Philippines | 8.0% | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 161 | Egypt | 7.9% | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 162 | Mongolia | 7.8% | 2023 | up 39.0% | falling |
| 163 | Comoros | 7.7% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 164 | Guatemala | 7.5% | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 165 | Vanuatu | 7.4% | 2023 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 166 | Libya | 7.3% | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 167 | Eritrea | 7.3% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 168 | Haiti | 7.2% | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 169 | Marshall Islands | 7.2% | 2023 | up 77.7% | falling |
| 170 | Syria | 7.2% | 2023 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 171 | Djibouti | 7.2% | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 172 | Pakistan | 7.1% | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 173 | Belize | 7.1% | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 174 | Laos | 7.0% | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 175 | Gabon | 6.8% | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 176 | Kiribati | 6.8% | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 177 | Jordan | 6.7% | 2023 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.7% | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 179 | Turkmenistan | 6.7% | 2023 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 180 | Eswatini | 6.7% | 2023 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 181 | Honduras | 6.6% | 2023 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 182 | Palestine | 6.6% | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 183 | Zimbabwe | 6.6% | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 184 | Rwanda | 6.5% | 2023 | up 28.0% | falling |
| 185 | Togo | 6.5% | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 186 | Lesotho | 6.2% | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 187 | Botswana | 6.2% | 2023 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 188 | Guinea | 6.2% | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 189 | Senegal | 6.2% | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 190 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.2% | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 191 | Solomon Islands | 6.1% | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 192 | Tajikistan | 6.1% | 2023 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 193 | Namibia | 6.0% | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 194 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6.0% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 195 | Ghana | 6.0% | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 196 | Mauritania | 6.0% | 2023 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 197 | Madagascar | 5.8% | 2023 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 198 | Liberia | 5.8% | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 199 | Maldives | 5.7% | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 200 | Sudan | 5.7% | 2023 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 201 | Iraq | 5.7% | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 202 | Tanzania | 5.6% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 203 | Benin | 5.6% | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 204 | Ethiopia | 5.5% | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 205 | Sierra Leone | 5.5% | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 206 | Nigeria | 5.5% | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 207 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.5% | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 208 | Angola | 5.3% | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 209 | Papua New Guinea | 5.3% | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 210 | Gambia | 5.3% | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 211 | Mozambique | 5.3% | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 212 | Congo | 5.2% | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 213 | Niger | 5.1% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 214 | South Sudan | 5.1% | 2023 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 215 | Somalia | 5.1% | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 216 | Cameroon | 5.0% | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 218 | Kenya | 4.9% | 2023 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 219 | Burundi | 4.8% | 2023 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 220 | Burkina Faso | 4.8% | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 221 | Mali | 4.7% | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 222 | Bahrain | 4.7% | 2023 | up 49.0% | falling |
| 223 | Malawi | 4.6% | 2023 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 224 | Nauru | 4.6% | 2023 | up 101.6% | volatile |
| 225 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.6% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 226 | Yemen | 4.5% | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 227 | Afghanistan | 4.4% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 228 | Central African Republic | 4.3% | 2023 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 229 | Chad | 4.1% | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 230 | Uganda | 4.0% | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 231 | Saudi Arabia | 3.9% | 2023 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 232 | Kuwait | 3.8% | 2023 | up 38.0% | falling |
| 233 | Oman | 3.7% | 2023 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 234 | Zambia | 3.4% | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 235 | United Arab Emirates | 2.1% | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 236 | Qatar | 1.9% | 2023 | up 46.7% | volatile |
About this data
The number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).