Age Dependency Ratio: Old

The old-age dependency ratio is the number of elderly dependents (who are generally economically inactive and 65 years and older), as a percentage of the number of people of working age (15-64-year-olds).

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Data source: World Bank, Washington D.C.


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Country: 1980 1990 2000 2010 2024 2030 2050
Japan 13.4% 17.4% 25.6% 36.4% 50.7% 53.3% 73.1%
Portugal 17.9% 20.5% 23.9% 27.9% 39.1% 44.9% 61.8%
Finland 17.7% 19.9% 22.3% 26.1% 38.9% 42.2% 48.2%
Italy 20.5% 21.8% 27.0% 31.2% 38.8% 45.8% 70.4%
Greece 20.0% 20.4% 25.4% 28.9% 38.1% 41.9% 65.1%
Croatia 17.1% 16.9% 23.7% 26.8% 36.9% 41.3% 54.3%
Germany 23.7% 21.5% 24.2% 31.3% 36.9% 44.2% 53.5%
France 21.9% 21.2% 24.6% 25.9% 36.1% 40.4% 48.5%
Serbia 15.1% 16.3% 23.8% 25.5% 36.0% 39.4% 50.3%
Bulgaria 17.9% 19.8% 24.5% 26.5% 34.7% 37.0% 51.8%
Latvia 19.4% 17.6% 22.3% 27.0% 34.6% 38.5% 49.7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.3% 9.6% 15.9% 21.8% 34.3% 41.6% 62.6%
Slovenia 17.1% 15.6% 19.8% 23.6% 34.3% 39.6% 58.1%
Hong Kong 9.4% 12.3% 15.5% 17.7% 33.9% 46.5% 96.5%
Estonia 18.9% 17.6% 22.3% 25.9% 33.8% 37.4% 52.2%
Sweden 25.4% 27.7% 26.8% 28.1% 33.3% 35.4% 42.9%
Denmark 22.3% 23.1% 22.2% 25.3% 32.9% 36.8% 42.8%
Czechia 21.3% 19.0% 19.7% 22.0% 32.7% 35.4% 52.4%
Hungary 20.7% 20.2% 21.8% 24.0% 32.5% 33.5% 46.6%
Belgium 22.1% 22.3% 25.6% 26.0% 32.4% 37.0% 47.7%
Spain 17.7% 20.3% 24.1% 24.8% 32.1% 38.4% 68.8%
Netherlands 17.4% 18.5% 19.9% 22.8% 31.8% 36.9% 43.8%
Austria 24.0% 22.1% 22.9% 26.2% 31.6% 38.6% 54.1%
Romania 16.9% 16.0% 19.9% 23.2% 31.1% 31.5% 48.1%
Lithuania 17.3% 16.3% 20.9% 26.1% 31.0% 36.3% 47.7%
Poland 15.4% 15.6% 17.9% 19.0% 31.0% 34.9% 56.1%
Switzerland 20.9% 21.3% 22.8% 24.7% 30.8% 36.9% 53.3%
United Kingdom 23.4% 24.4% 24.4% 24.8% 30.8% 33.2% 40.9%
Canada 13.8% 16.5% 18.4% 20.4% 30.4% 35.7% 42.2%
Malta 14.5% 15.8% 17.9% 21.7% 30.3% 33.7% 51.2%
Norway 23.4% 25.2% 23.4% 22.6% 28.9% 32.6% 45.2%
Slovak Republic 16.5% 15.9% 16.4% 17.3% 28.2% 32.8% 52.9%
Ukraine 17.8% 18.1% 19.5% 21.0% 28.2% 31.4% 47.8%
Taiwan 6.2% 9.0% 12.0% 14.6% 27.8% 37.2% 73.1%
North Macedonia 9.7% 10.8% 14.6% 16.8% 27.7% 32.3% 46.5%
United States 16.7% 18.6% 18.3% 19.0% 27.7% 32.1% 37.9%
Australia 14.7% 16.5% 18.4% 20.1% 27.5% 31.3% 39.5%
Korea, Rep. 6.2% 7.1% 9.9% 15.1% 27.5% 37.7% 75.6%
Belarus 15.8% 16.1% 19.9% 19.6% 26.8% 31.6% 46.0%
New Zealand 15.4% 16.8% 18.0% 19.6% 26.6% 31.0% 39.5%
Russia 14.9% 14.9% 17.7% 17.6% 26.2% 30.3% 39.4%
Albania 8.8% 8.7% 11.6% 16.2% 25.5% 32.4% 45.5%
Moldova 11.2% 13.1% 15.2% 14.9% 25.3% 29.3% 35.1%
Georgia 13.7% 13.6% 19.0% 20.3% 24.6% 27.5% 33.4%
Uruguay 16.8% 18.5% 20.9% 22.3% 24.4% 26.6% 37.4%
Ireland 18.3% 18.5% 16.7% 16.8% 24.2% 27.3% 44.9%
Iceland 15.8% 16.5% 17.8% 18.1% 23.5% 26.9% 38.4%
Luxembourg 20.0% 19.3% 20.9% 20.5% 22.5% 27.1% 42.9%
Thailand 5.7% 6.0% 8.8% 12.0% 22.0% 28.7% 50.2%
China 7.4% 8.1% 10.3% 11.9% 21.2% 26.4% 52.3%
Cyprus 14.8% 14.8% 14.7% 15.8% 21.1% 24.4% 43.4%
Israel 15.1% 15.5% 15.7% 15.9% 20.9% 21.6% 25.9%
Chile 7.7% 9.4% 12.6% 14.6% 20.5% 24.8% 43.1%
Armenia 8.2% 7.8% 14.2% 15.3% 20.4% 26.9% 39.0%
Mauritius 7.0% 8.2% 9.0% 10.0% 18.9% 24.8% 41.8%
Argentina 12.5% 14.1% 15.5% 16.3% 18.8% 20.1% 30.9%
Sri Lanka 7.5% 9.1% 9.3% 11.1% 18.4% 21.6% 32.5%
Singapore 6.9% 7.7% 8.3% 9.3% 18.3% 23.7% 41.7%
Costa Rica 6.6% 7.6% 8.8% 10.9% 17.7% 22.6% 40.7%
Trinidad and Tobago 7.1% 7.3% 7.1% 8.5% 17.7% 22.9% 38.1%
Bahamas, The 7.0% 8.0% 10.2% 13.6% 16.7% 20.4% 32.9%
Brazil 6.1% 6.8% 7.9% 9.7% 15.9% 20.0% 35.8%
Lebanon 8.0% 6.9% 8.1% 8.8% 15.9% 18.4% 25.7%
Türkiye 8.4% 8.0% 9.1% 10.8% 15.1% 18.4% 35.2%
Tunisia 6.7% 7.2% 8.5% 9.4% 14.3% 18.0% 32.7%
Panama 6.8% 7.2% 7.9% 9.7% 14.2% 17.3% 29.4%
Colombia 6.1% 6.5% 7.2% 8.8% 14.0% 18.1% 31.7%
Kazakhstan 12.0% 9.2% 10.2% 9.5% 14.0% 17.0% 22.4%
Peru 7.7% 6.2% 7.1% 11.3% 13.8% 16.0% 27.4%
Vietnam 9.8% 9.8% 9.6% 8.7% 13.4% 17.3% 31.7%
Ecuador 6.8% 6.4% 7.9% 9.3% 12.4% 14.6% 26.2%
Azerbaijan 6.3% 6.4% 8.6% 8.2% 12.3% 17.1% 27.7%
Mexico 5.8% 7.2% 8.3% 9.5% 12.3% 14.8% 25.9%
Morocco 5.1% 5.4% 7.0% 7.9% 12.3% 15.0% 25.4%
El Salvador 5.1% 5.1% 8.0% 11.0% 12.2% 13.5% 21.5%
Dominican Republic 5.6% 6.1% 7.1% 7.9% 12.0% 14.7% 23.0%
Suriname 7.8% 5.3% 7.2% 9.2% 11.9% 15.0% 23.0%
Jamaica 14.1% 12.8% 10.0% 8.9% 11.2% 14.5% 28.4%
Malaysia 5.9% 6.0% 6.3% 7.4% 11.0% 13.3% 25.1%
Indonesia 6.6% 6.7% 7.8% 8.9% 10.7% 13.1% 23.1%
Myanmar 7.3% 7.6% 7.9% 7.9% 10.7% 12.7% 20.1%
Guyana 7.1% 6.7% 6.5% 7.3% 10.5% 12.7% 16.8%
India 7.0% 7.0% 7.3% 7.8% 10.5% 12.4% 21.7%
Algeria 6.5% 5.9% 7.1% 7.2% 10.4% 12.6% 25.7%
Cabo Verde 11.4% 9.4% 9.1% 7.8% 10.1% 12.6% 24.3%
Paraguay 7.9% 6.9% 7.0% 8.0% 10.1% 12.0% 18.7%
Nepal 6.3% 6.6% 6.9% 8.0% 10.0% 10.6% 16.0%
Bangladesh 6.6% 6.5% 5.8% 6.8% 9.9% 11.4% 20.3%
South Africa 6.9% 6.8% 7.9% 8.0% 9.9% 11.6% 16.8%
Cambodia 5.9% 5.7% 5.2% 6.2% 9.6% 11.6% 17.7%
Brunei 4.7% 4.1% 4.2% 4.8% 9.5% 12.7% 29.7%
Uzbekistan 7.6% 6.2% 7.9% 7.2% 9.3% 11.7% 16.5%
Kyrgyzstan 8.2% 8.4% 9.0% 6.8% 9.2% 11.5% 15.5%
Bhutan 4.6% 5.3% 6.5% 7.8% 8.9% 10.0% 22.9%
Bolivia 7.4% 7.3% 9.3% 9.1% 8.7% 9.6% 14.6%
Nicaragua 5.1% 5.5% 6.3% 7.2% 8.4% 9.9% 19.2%
Mongolia 9.3% 7.0% 5.6% 5.6% 8.2% 10.7% 19.6%
Philippines 4.9% 5.1% 5.2% 5.5% 8.2% 9.9% 16.1%
Egypt 7.3% 7.0% 6.8% 6.3% 8.1% 9.3% 14.9%
Comoros 8.9% 8.3% 8.6% 7.8% 7.7% 7.5% 10.3%
Guatemala 5.2% 6.5% 7.1% 6.9% 7.6% 8.4% 14.0%
Libya 4.8% 5.0% 5.7% 6.1% 7.4% 9.5% 24.7%
Haiti 7.6% 7.1% 6.4% 6.5% 7.3% 8.0% 12.3%
Pakistan 6.1% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% 7.3% 7.8% 9.9%
Laos 6.4% 6.6% 6.3% 6.3% 7.2% 8.4% 14.4%
Turkmenistan 7.7% 6.4% 6.8% 5.7% 7.1% 9.5% 16.3%
Jordan 5.2% 4.5% 4.7% 5.7% 7.0% 9.1% 18.6%
Gabon 12.6% 11.1% 9.1% 7.2% 6.9% 7.3% 11.4%
Eswatini 6.1% 5.0% 4.4% 5.1% 6.8% 7.2% 10.9%
Honduras 6.5% 6.3% 5.5% 5.2% 6.8% 7.8% 15.1%
Rwanda 4.9% 4.7% 4.2% 5.0% 6.7% 7.0% 9.6%
Zimbabwe 7.2% 6.2% 6.3% 5.8% 6.5% 5.5% 8.5%
Tajikistan 7.1% 6.7% 6.7% 5.3% 6.4% 8.3% 12.1%
Botswana 5.9% 6.2% 5.7% 5.4% 6.3% 6.9% 11.2%
Lesotho 7.0% 7.8% 8.1% 7.2% 6.3% 6.1% 8.6%
Guinea 7.7% 8.0% 7.7% 7.0% 6.2% 6.3% 7.2%
Namibia 8.3% 6.4% 5.7% 5.7% 6.2% 7.1% 10.6%
Senegal 5.4% 5.9% 6.1% 6.6% 6.2% 6.4% 9.3%
Ghana 5.2% 5.0% 5.8% 5.9% 6.1% 7.1% 11.5%
Congo, Dem. Rep 5.4% 5.4% 5.8% 6.1% 6.0% 6.1% 6.0%
Mauritania 5.9% 6.0% 5.8% 6.7% 6.0% 6.1% 7.6%
Madagascar 6.8% 5.7% 5.4% 5.0% 5.9% 6.4% 8.5%
Sudan 4.9% 5.6% 5.7% 4.9% 5.9% 6.6% 8.4%
Liberia 5.5% 5.7% 5.8% 6.1% 5.8% 5.9% 7.7%
Benin 8.6% 7.2% 6.2% 5.8% 5.6% 5.9% 7.7%
Ethiopia 5.5% 5.4% 5.3% 5.3% 5.6% 6.3% 8.3%
Tanzania 5.9% 5.9% 5.3% 5.4% 5.6% 5.4% 7.3%
Togo 5.8% 5.7% 5.1% 4.9% 5.6% 6.0% 8.5%
Guinea-Bissau 9.5% 10.5% 6.9% 5.3% 5.5% 5.7% 8.7%
Nigeria 6.1% 6.1% 5.7% 5.7% 5.5% 5.4% 7.0%
Papua New Guinea 2.4% 3.9% 4.4% 4.5% 5.5% 6.7% 11.0%
Sierra Leone 7.7% 7.4% 6.7% 6.1% 5.5% 5.8% 8.3%
Angola 4.4% 4.3% 5.2% 5.2% 5.4% 5.7% 6.7%
Gambia 7.7% 7.9% 6.0% 5.0% 5.4% 6.3% 8.2%
Congo, Rep. 6.5% 6.4% 5.7% 4.8% 5.3% 6.0% 8.9%
Mozambique 6.0% 5.9% 5.2% 5.2% 5.2% 4.7% 5.7%
Niger 3.7% 4.2% 4.5% 5.0% 5.1% 5.2% 5.7%
Bahrain 3.4% 3.3% 3.3% 2.8% 5.0% 6.4% 11.4%
Cameroon 7.6% 7.2% 6.4% 5.6% 5.0% 5.2% 7.6%
Kenya 4.5% 4.4% 4.3% 3.9% 4.9% 5.4% 8.6%
Burkina Faso 6.8% 6.9% 5.8% 5.2% 4.8% 4.9% 7.2%
Burundi 6.2% 5.8% 4.9% 4.3% 4.8% 4.6% 7.4%
Cote d'Ivoire 4.9% 4.9% 4.7% 4.3% 4.6% 4.9% 7.7%
Malawi 6.1% 7.6% 6.6% 7.2% 4.6% 4.5% 7.6%
Mali 6.8% 7.5% 6.4% 5.6% 4.6% 4.3% 5.8%
Yemen, Rep. 6.3% 6.2% 5.7% 5.1% 4.5% 4.8% 8.1%
Afghanistan 4.9% 4.5% 4.7% 4.7% 4.4% 4.6% 6.3%
Central African Republic 7.4% 5.7% 4.4% 3.6% 4.4% 4.6% 3.4%
Chad 7.6% 7.0% 5.8% 4.6% 4.1% 4.3% 5.5%
Saudi Arabia 4.1% 3.6% 3.7% 3.4% 4.0% 5.0% 11.4%
Uganda 6.1% 6.3% 5.5% 4.0% 4.0% 4.4% 6.6%
Kuwait 2.3% 2.9% 2.2% 2.4% 3.9% 4.7% 8.8%
Oman 5.8% 4.5% 4.2% 3.8% 3.6% 4.0% 8.9%
Zambia 6.7% 5.9% 4.8% 3.5% 3.4% 4.0% 7.6%
United Arab Emirates 1.7% 1.5% 1.6% 1.7% 2.2% 2.8% 2.6%
Qatar 1.9% 1.5% 1.7% 1.0% 2.0% 2.1% 3.7%




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