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Dependency ratios

World — 13 years of data

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Historical Values
Year Value
2013 total dependency ratio: 52 % youth dependency ratio: 39.9 % elderly dependency ratio: 12.1 % potential support ratio: 8.3 (2013)
2014 total dependency ratio: 52 % youth dependency ratio: 39.7 % elderly dependency ratio: 12.3 % potential support ratio: 8.1 (2014 est.)
2015 total dependency ratio: 52.3% | youth dependency ratio: 39.7% | elderly dependency ratio: 12.6% | potential support ratio: 7.9% (2015 est.)
2016 total dependency ratio: 52.3% | youth dependency ratio: 39.7% | elderly dependency ratio: 12.6% | potential support ratio: 7.9% (2015 est.)
2017 total dependency ratio: 52.5 | youth dependency ratio: 39.9 | elderly dependency ratio: 12.6 | potential support ratio: 7.9 (2015 est.)
2018 total dependency ratio: 52.5 (2015 est.) | youth dependency ratio: 39.9 (2015 est.) | elderly dependency ratio: 12.6 (2015 est.) | potential support ratio: 7.9 (2015 est.)
2019 total dependency ratio: 52.5 (2015 est.) | youth dependency ratio: 39.9 (2015 est.) | elderly dependency ratio: 12.6 (2015 est.) | potential support ratio: 7.9 (2015 est.)
2020 total dependency ratio: 53.3 | youth dependency ratio: 39 | elderly dependency ratio: 14.3 | potential support ratio: 7 (2020 est.)
2021 total dependency ratio: 53.3 youth dependency ratio: 39 elderly dependency ratio: 14.3 potential support ratio: 7 (2020 est.)
2022 total dependency ratio: 54.1 youth dependency ratio: 39.3 elderly dependency ratio: 14.8 potential support ratio: 7 (2021 est.)
2023 total dependency ratio: 54.1 youth dependency ratio: 39.3 elderly dependency ratio: 14.8 potential support ratio: 7 (2021 est.)
2024 total dependency ratio: 54.1 youth dependency ratio: 39.3 elderly dependency ratio: 14.8 potential support ratio: 7 (2021 est.)
2025 total dependency ratio: 53.4 (2024 est.) youth dependency ratio: 37.7 (2024 est.) elderly dependency ratio: 15.7 (2024 est.) potential support ratio: 6.4 (2024 est.)