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Countries by Old-age dependency ratio (2025)

Old-age dependency ratio in 2025: highest in Monaco (71.71%), lowest in Qatar (2.04%), median 12.74% across the 217 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Old-age dependency ratio (measured in %) across 261 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %261 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1960–2025

Highest Old-age dependency ratio, 2025

  1. 1.Monaco71.71%
  2. 2.Japan51.04%
  3. 3.Portugal40.01%
  4. 4.Puerto Rico39.81%
  5. 5.Italy39.68%
  6. 6.Finland39.37%
  7. 7.Greece38.89%
  8. 8.US Virgin Islands38.27%
  9. 9.Germany37.98%
  10. 10.Isle of Man37.78%

Lowest Old-age dependency ratio, 2025

  1. 208.Central African Republic4.47%
  2. 209.Afghanistan4.41%
  3. 210.Saudi Arabia4.17%
  4. 211.Chad4.08%
  5. 212.Uganda4.08%
  6. 213.Kuwait4.03%
  7. 214.Oman3.68%
  8. 215.Zambia3.51%
  9. 216.United Arab Emirates2.18%
  10. 217.Qatar2.04%

All 217 ranked countries, 2025— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Old-age dependency ratio trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

MonacoRank 1 of 217JapanRank 2 of 217PortugalRank 3 of 217Puerto RicoRank 4 of 217ItalyRank 5 of 217FinlandRank 6 of 217GreeceRank 7 of 217US Virgin IslandsRank 8 of 217GermanyRank 9 of 217Isle of ManRank 10 of 217CroatiaRank 11 of 217FranceRank 12 of 217SerbiaRank 13 of 217Hong KongRank 14 of 217San MarinoRank 15 of 217Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 16 of 217LatviaRank 17 of 217BermudaRank 18 of 217BulgariaRank 19 of 217SloveniaRank 20 of 217EstoniaRank 21 of 217SwedenRank 22 of 217DenmarkRank 23 of 217Czech RepublicRank 24 of 217LiechtensteinRank 25 of 217Saint MartinRank 26 of 217BelgiumRank 27 of 217SpainRank 28 of 217HungaryRank 29 of 217AustriaRank 30 of 217NetherlandsRank 31 of 217PolandRank 32 of 217LithuaniaRank 33 of 217SwitzerlandRank 34 of 217RomaniaRank 35 of 217CanadaRank 36 of 217Channel IslandsRank 37 of 217United KingdomRank 38 of 217MaltaRank 39 of 217NorwayRank 40 of 217South KoreaRank 41 of 217SlovakiaRank 42 of 217MontenegroRank 43 of 217North MacedoniaRank 44 of 217Faroe IslandsRank 45 of 217United StatesRank 46 of 217UkraineRank 47 of 217AustraliaRank 48 of 217BelarusRank 49 of 217GibraltarRank 50 of 217RussiaRank 51 of 217New ZealandRank 52 of 217ArubaRank 53 of 217AlbaniaRank 54 of 217MoldovaRank 55 of 217BarbadosRank 56 of 217CuracaoRank 57 of 217GeorgiaRank 58 of 217CubaRank 59 of 217UruguayRank 60 of 217IrelandRank 61 of 217IcelandRank 62 of 217LuxembourgRank 63 of 217AndorraRank 64 of 217ThailandRank 65 of 217ArmeniaRank 66 of 217CyprusRank 67 of 217GuamRank 68 of 217ChinaRank 69 of 217MacaoRank 70 of 217ChileRank 71 of 217IsraelRank 72 of 217Sint MaartenRank 73 of 217MauritiusRank 74 of 217SingaporeRank 75 of 217DominicaRank 76 of 217ArgentinaRank 77 of 217Sri LankaRank 78 of 217North KoreaRank 79 of 217Trinidad and TobagoRank 80 of 217Costa RicaRank 81 of 217GrenadaRank 82 of 217St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 83 of 217Antigua and BarbudaRank 84 of 217New CaledoniaRank 85 of 217The BahamasRank 86 of 217French PolynesiaRank 87 of 217GreenlandRank 88 of 217PalauRank 89 of 217St. Kitts and NevisRank 90 of 217BrazilRank 91 of 217LebanonRank 92 of 217Turks and Caicos IslandsRank 93 of 217Northern Mariana IslandsRank 94 of 217TurkeyRank 95 of 217VenezuelaRank 96 of 217KosovoRank 97 of 217TunisiaRank 98 of 217PanamaRank 99 of 217ColombiaRank 100 of 217KazakhstanRank 101 of 217PeruRank 102 of 217VietnamRank 103 of 217St. LuciaRank 104 of 217British Virgin IslandsRank 105 of 217AzerbaijanRank 106 of 217American SamoaRank 107 of 217Cayman IslandsRank 108 of 217MoroccoRank 109 of 217EcuadorRank 110 of 217MexicoRank 111 of 217Dominican RepublicRank 112 of 217IranRank 113 of 217El SalvadorRank 114 of 217SurinameRank 115 of 217SeychellesRank 116 of 217TongaRank 117 of 217TuvaluRank 118 of 217JamaicaRank 119 of 217MalaysiaRank 120 of 217IndonesiaRank 121 of 217MyanmarRank 122 of 217GuyanaRank 123 of 217SamoaRank 124 of 217IndiaRank 125 of 217AlgeriaRank 126 of 217Cabo VerdeRank 127 of 217ParaguayRank 128 of 217South AfricaRank 129 of 217BangladeshRank 130 of 217NepalRank 131 of 217Brunei DarussalamRank 132 of 217FijiRank 133 of 217CambodiaRank 134 of 217MicronesiaRank 135 of 217UzbekistanRank 136 of 217Kyrgyz RepublicRank 137 of 217BhutanRank 138 of 217BoliviaRank 139 of 217NicaraguaRank 140 of 217MongoliaRank 141 of 217PhilippinesRank 142 of 217Timor-LesteRank 143 of 217EgyptRank 144 of 217Marshall IslandsRank 145 of 217GuatemalaRank 146 of 217LibyaRank 147 of 217BelizeRank 148 of 217VanuatuRank 149 of 217ComorosRank 150 of 217TurkmenistanRank 151 of 217DjiboutiRank 152 of 217HaitiRank 153 of 217Lao PDRRank 154 of 217PakistanRank 155 of 217EritreaRank 156 of 217JordanRank 157 of 217Syrian Arab RepublicRank 158 of 217KiribatiRank 159 of 217HondurasRank 160 of 217EswatiniRank 161 of 217GabonRank 162 of 217RwandaRank 163 of 217TajikistanRank 164 of 217Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 165 of 217West Bank and GazaRank 166 of 217MaldivesRank 167 of 217BotswanaRank 168 of 217NamibiaRank 169 of 217Equatorial GuineaRank 170 of 217ZimbabweRank 171 of 217LesothoRank 172 of 217GhanaRank 173 of 217SenegalRank 174 of 217GuineaRank 175 of 217TogoRank 176 of 217Solomon IslandsRank 177 of 217DR CongoRank 178 of 217MadagascarRank 179 of 217SudanRank 180 of 217MauritaniaRank 181 of 217LiberiaRank 182 of 217IraqRank 183 of 217EthiopiaRank 184 of 217BeninRank 185 of 217Papua New GuineaRank 186 of 217The GambiaRank 187 of 217TanzaniaRank 188 of 217Sierra LeoneRank 189 of 217Guinea-BissauRank 190 of 217AngolaRank 191 of 217NigeriaRank 192 of 217Republic of the CongoRank 193 of 217South SudanRank 194 of 217BahrainRank 195 of 217SomaliaRank 196 of 217MozambiqueRank 197 of 217NigerRank 198 of 217NauruRank 199 of 217CameroonRank 200 of 217KenyaRank 201 of 217Burkina FasoRank 202 of 217BurundiRank 203 of 217Cote d'IvoireRank 204 of 217MaliRank 205 of 217MalawiRank 206 of 217YemenRank 207 of 217Central African RepublicRank 208 of 217AfghanistanRank 209 of 217Saudi ArabiaRank 210 of 217ChadRank 211 of 217UgandaRank 212 of 217KuwaitRank 213 of 217OmanRank 214 of 217ZambiaRank 215 of 217United Arab EmiratesRank 216 of 217QatarRank 217 of 217

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Old-age dependency ratio Data Coverage

This page lists 261 countries with available Old-age dependency ratio data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.