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Historical Values
Year Value
2013 total dependency ratio: 52.6 % youth dependency ratio: 28.5 % elderly dependency ratio: 24.1 % potential support ratio: 4.1 (2013)
2014 total dependency ratio: 53.2 % youth dependency ratio: 28.5 % elderly dependency ratio: 24.7 % potential support ratio: 4.1 (2014 est.)
2015 total dependency ratio: 52.2% | youth dependency ratio: 27.3% | elderly dependency ratio: 24.9% | potential support ratio: 4% (2015 est.)
2016 total dependency ratio: 52.2% | youth dependency ratio: 27.3% | elderly dependency ratio: 24.9% | potential support ratio: 4% (2015 est.)
2017 total dependency ratio: 52.1 | youth dependency ratio: 27.3 | elderly dependency ratio: 24.8 | potential support ratio: 4 | note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (2015 est.)
2018 total dependency ratio: 52.1 (2015 est.) | youth dependency ratio: 27.3 (2015 est.) | elderly dependency ratio: 24.8 (2015 est.) | potential support ratio: 4 (2015 est.) | note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
2019 total dependency ratio: 52.1 (2015 est.) | youth dependency ratio: 27.3 (2015 est.) | elderly dependency ratio: 24.8 (2015 est.) | potential support ratio: 4 (2015 est.) | note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
2020 total dependency ratio: 53.3 | youth dependency ratio: 26.5 | elderly dependency ratio: 26.9 | potential support ratio: 3.7 (2020 est.) | note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
2021 total dependency ratio: 53.3 youth dependency ratio: 26.5 elderly dependency ratio: 26.9 potential support ratio: 3.7 (2020 est.) note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
2022 total dependency ratio: 54 youth dependency ratio: 26.1 elderly dependency ratio: 27.9 potential support ratio: 3.6 (2021 est.) note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
2023 total dependency ratio: 54 youth dependency ratio: 26.1 elderly dependency ratio: 27.9 potential support ratio: 3.6 (2021 est.) note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
2024 total dependency ratio: 54 youth dependency ratio: 26.1 elderly dependency ratio: 27.9 potential support ratio: 3.6 (2021 est.) note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
2025 total dependency ratio: 55 (2024 est.) youth dependency ratio: 25.3 (2024 est.) elderly dependency ratio: 29.6 (2024 est.) potential support ratio: 3.4 (2024 est.) note: data include Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands