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Dependency ratios

Pakistan — 13 years of data

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Historical Values
Year Value
2013 total dependency ratio: 61.8 % youth dependency ratio: 54.7 % elderly dependency ratio: 7.1 % potential support ratio: 14.1 (2013)
2014 total dependency ratio: 60.4 % youth dependency ratio: 53.4 % elderly dependency ratio: 7.1 % potential support ratio: 14.2 (2014 est.)
2015 total dependency ratio: 65.3% | youth dependency ratio: 57.9% | elderly dependency ratio: 7.4% | potential support ratio: 13.5% (2015 est.)
2016 total dependency ratio: 65.3% | youth dependency ratio: 57.9% | elderly dependency ratio: 7.4% | potential support ratio: 13.5% (2015 est.)
2017 total dependency ratio: 65.3 | youth dependency ratio: 57.9 | elderly dependency ratio: 7.4 | potential support ratio: 13.5 (2015 est.)
2018 total dependency ratio: 65.3 (2015 est.) | youth dependency ratio: 57.9 (2015 est.) | elderly dependency ratio: 7.4 (2015 est.) | potential support ratio: 13.5 (2015 est.)
2019 total dependency ratio: 65.3 (2015 est.) | youth dependency ratio: 57.9 (2015 est.) | elderly dependency ratio: 7.4 (2015 est.) | potential support ratio: 13.5 (2015 est.)
2020 total dependency ratio: 64.4 | youth dependency ratio: 57.2 | elderly dependency ratio: 7.1 | potential support ratio: 14 (2020 est.)
2021 total dependency ratio: 64.4 youth dependency ratio: 57.2 elderly dependency ratio: 7.1 potential support ratio: 14 (2020 est.)
2022 total dependency ratio: 70 youth dependency ratio: 62.8 elderly dependency ratio: 7.2 potential support ratio: 13.9 (2021 est.)
2023 total dependency ratio: 70 youth dependency ratio: 62.8 elderly dependency ratio: 7.2 potential support ratio: 13.9 (2021 est.)
2024 total dependency ratio: 70 youth dependency ratio: 62.8 elderly dependency ratio: 7.2 potential support ratio: 13.9 (2021 est.)
2025 total dependency ratio: 64 (2025 est.) youth dependency ratio: 55.8 (2025 est.) elderly dependency ratio: 8.2 (2025 est.) potential support ratio: 12.1 (2025 est.)