Old-age dependency ratio by country
United States: 28.5% in 2025, 27th of 38 OECD members (highest first). 46th of all 217 with data.
Highest: 
Monaco (71.7%, 2025) · Lowest: 
Qatar (2.0%, 2025) · 217 countries and territories with data.
People aged 65 and over per 100 people aged 15–64 — a rough measure of how many older people each working-age person supports.
Ranking
Latest value for each country (within 5 years).
Over time
United States: rank over time
Rank among the countries with data in each year (highest first).
World ranking (highest first)
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 71.7% | 2025 |
| 2 |  Japan | 51.0% | 2025 |
| 3 |  Portugal | 40.0% | 2025 |
| 4 |  Puerto Rico | 39.8% | 2025 |
| 5 |  Italy | 39.7% | 2025 |
| 6 |  Finland | 39.4% | 2025 |
| 7 |  Greece | 38.9% | 2025 |
| 8 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 38.3% | 2025 |
| 9 |  Germany | 38.0% | 2025 |
| 10 |  Isle of Man | 37.8% | 2025 |
| 11 |  Croatia | 37.7% | 2025 |
| 12 |  France | 36.8% | 2025 |
| 13 |  Serbia | 36.8% | 2025 |
| 14 |  Hong Kong | 35.8% | 2025 |
| 15 |  San Marino | 35.6% | 2025 |
| 16 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.6% | 2025 |
| 17 |  Latvia | 35.4% | 2025 |
| 18 |  Bermuda | 35.3% | 2025 |
| 19 |  Bulgaria | 35.1% | 2025 |
| 20 |  Slovenia | 35.1% | 2025 |
| 21 |  Estonia | 34.6% | 2025 |
| 22 |  Sweden | 33.5% | 2025 |
| 23 |  Denmark | 33.4% | 2025 |
| 24 |  Czechia | 33.2% | 2025 |
| 25 |  Liechtenstein | 33.2% | 2025 |
| 26 |  St. Martin (French part) | 33.2% | 2025 |
| 27 |  Belgium | 33.1% | 2025 |
| 28 |  Spain | 32.9% | 2025 |
| 29 |  Hungary | 32.8% | 2025 |
| 30 |  Austria | 32.6% | 2025 |
| 31 |  Netherlands | 32.5% | 2025 |
| 32 |  Poland | 32.0% | 2025 |
| 33 |  Lithuania | 32.0% | 2025 |
| 34 |  Switzerland | 31.6% | 2025 |
| 35 |  Romania | 31.3% | 2025 |
| 36 |  Canada | 31.3% | 2025 |
| 37 | Channel Islands | 31.1% | 2025 |
| 38 |  United Kingdom | 31.1% | 2025 |
| 39 |  Malta | 30.9% | 2025 |
| 40 |  Norway | 29.4% | 2025 |
| 41 |  South Korea | 29.3% | 2025 |
| 42 |  Slovakia | 29.1% | 2025 |
| 43 |  Montenegro | 28.7% | 2025 |
| 44 |  North Macedonia | 28.5% | 2025 |
| 45 |  Faroe Islands | 28.5% | 2025 |
| 46 |  United States | 28.5% | 2025 |
| 47 |  Ukraine | 28.2% | 2025 |
| 48 |  Australia | 28.2% | 2025 |
| 49 |  Belarus | 27.8% | 2025 |
| 50 |  Gibraltar | 27.6% | 2025 |
| 51 |  Russia | 27.3% | 2025 |
| 52 |  New Zealand | 27.3% | 2025 |
| 53 |  Aruba | 27.0% | 2025 |
| 54 |  Albania | 26.8% | 2025 |
| 55 |  Moldova | 26.5% | 2025 |
| 56 |  Barbados | 25.9% | 2025 |
| 57 |  Curaçao | 25.4% | 2025 |
| 58 |  Georgia | 25.2% | 2025 |
| 59 |  Cuba | 25.1% | 2025 |
| 60 |  Uruguay | 24.7% | 2025 |
| 61 |  Ireland | 24.7% | 2025 |
| 62 |  Iceland | 24.0% | 2025 |
| 63 |  Luxembourg | 23.1% | 2025 |
| 64 |  Andorra | 23.1% | 2025 |
| 65 |  Thailand | 23.0% | 2025 |
| 66 |  Armenia | 21.7% | 2025 |
| 67 |  Cyprus | 21.6% | 2025 |
| 68 |  Guam | 21.5% | 2025 |
| 69 |  China | 21.4% | 2025 |
| 70 |  Macao | 21.2% | 2025 |
| 71 |  Chile | 21.2% | 2025 |
| 72 |  Israel | 21.1% | 2025 |
| 73 |  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 20.5% | 2025 |
| 74 |  Mauritius | 19.8% | 2025 |
| 75 |  Singapore | 19.2% | 2025 |
| 76 |  Dominica | 19.1% | 2025 |
| 77 |  Argentina | 19.0% | 2025 |
| 78 |  Sri Lanka | 19.0% | 2025 |
| 79 |  North Korea | 18.6% | 2025 |
| 80 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 18.6% | 2025 |
| 81 |  Costa Rica | 18.5% | 2025 |
| 82 |  Grenada | 18.5% | 2025 |
| 83 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.3% | 2025 |
| 84 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 17.6% | 2025 |
| 85 |  New Caledonia | 17.5% | 2025 |
| 86 |  Bahamas | 17.2% | 2025 |
| 87 |  French Polynesia | 17.2% | 2025 |
| 88 |  Greenland | 17.0% | 2025 |
| 89 |  Palau | 16.8% | 2025 |
| 90 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 16.8% | 2025 |
| 91 |  Brazil | 16.6% | 2025 |
| 92 |  Lebanon | 16.3% | 2025 |
| 93 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 16.1% | 2025 |
| 94 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 15.9% | 2025 |
| 95 |  Türkiye | 15.5% | 2025 |
| 96 |  Venezuela | 15.4% | 2025 |
| 97 |  Kosovo | 15.1% | 2025 |
| 98 |  Tunisia | 14.9% | 2025 |
| 99 |  Panama | 14.7% | 2025 |
| 100 |  Colombia | 14.6% | 2025 |
| 101 |  Kazakhstan | 14.6% | 2025 |
| 102 |  Peru | 14.1% | 2025 |
| 103 |  Vietnam | 14.0% | 2025 |
| 104 |  St. Lucia | 13.7% | 2025 |
| 105 |  British Virgin Islands | 13.3% | 2025 |
| 106 |  Azerbaijan | 13.2% | 2025 |
| 107 |  American Samoa | 13.1% | 2025 |
| 108 |  Cayman Islands | 12.8% | 2025 |
| 109 |  Morocco | 12.7% | 2025 |
| 110 |  Ecuador | 12.7% | 2025 |
| 111 |  Mexico | 12.6% | 2025 |
| 112 |  Dominican Republic | 12.5% | 2025 |
| 113 |  Iran | 12.4% | 2025 |
| 114 |  El Salvador | 12.3% | 2025 |
| 115 |  Suriname | 12.3% | 2025 |
| 116 |  Seychelles | 12.2% | 2025 |
| 117 |  Tonga | 11.8% | 2025 |
| 118 |  Tuvalu | 11.7% | 2025 |
| 119 |  Jamaica | 11.7% | 2025 |
| 120 |  Malaysia | 11.4% | 2025 |
| 121 |  Indonesia | 11.1% | 2025 |
| 122 |  Myanmar | 11.0% | 2025 |
| 123 |  Guyana | 10.9% | 2025 |
| 124 |  Samoa | 10.9% | 2025 |
| 125 |  India | 10.8% | 2025 |
| 126 |  Algeria | 10.8% | 2025 |
| 127 |  Cabo Verde | 10.5% | 2025 |
| 128 |  Paraguay | 10.4% | 2025 |
| 129 |  South Africa | 10.2% | 2025 |
| 130 |  Bangladesh | 10.2% | 2025 |
| 131 |  Nepal | 10.1% | 2025 |
| 132 |  Brunei | 10.0% | 2025 |
| 133 |  Fiji | 10.0% | 2025 |
| 134 |  Cambodia | 9.9% | 2025 |
| 135 |  Micronesia | 9.9% | 2025 |
| 136 |  Uzbekistan | 9.7% | 2025 |
| 137 |  Kyrgyzstan | 9.6% | 2025 |
| 138 |  Bhutan | 9.1% | 2025 |
| 139 |  Bolivia | 8.9% | 2025 |
| 140 |  Nicaragua | 8.6% | 2025 |
| 141 |  Mongolia | 8.6% | 2025 |
| 142 |  Philippines | 8.5% | 2025 |
| 143 |  Timor-Leste | 8.5% | 2025 |
| 144 |  Egypt | 8.3% | 2025 |
| 145 |  Marshall Islands | 8.0% | 2025 |
| 146 |  Guatemala | 7.8% | 2025 |
| 147 |  Libya | 7.6% | 2025 |
| 148 |  Belize | 7.6% | 2025 |
| 149 |  Vanuatu | 7.6% | 2025 |
| 150 |  Comoros | 7.6% | 2025 |
| 151 |  Turkmenistan | 7.5% | 2025 |
| 152 |  Djibouti | 7.5% | 2025 |
| 153 |  Haiti | 7.4% | 2025 |
| 154 |  Laos | 7.4% | 2025 |
| 155 |  Pakistan | 7.3% | 2025 |
| 156 |  Eritrea | 7.3% | 2025 |
| 157 |  Jordan | 7.3% | 2025 |
| 158 |  Syria | 7.3% | 2025 |
| 159 |  Kiribati | 7.1% | 2025 |
| 160 |  Honduras | 7.0% | 2025 |
| 161 |  Eswatini | 6.9% | 2025 |
| 162 |  Gabon | 6.9% | 2025 |
| 163 |  Rwanda | 6.8% | 2025 |
| 164 |  Tajikistan | 6.8% | 2025 |
| 165 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 6.7% | 2025 |
| 166 |  West Bank and Gaza | 6.6% | 2025 |
| 167 |  Maldives | 6.5% | 2025 |
| 168 |  Botswana | 6.4% | 2025 |
| 169 |  Namibia | 6.4% | 2025 |
| 170 |  Equatorial Guinea | 6.4% | 2025 |
| 171 |  Zimbabwe | 6.3% | 2025 |
| 172 |  Lesotho | 6.3% | 2025 |
| 173 |  Ghana | 6.2% | 2025 |
| 174 |  Senegal | 6.2% | 2025 |
| 175 |  Guinea | 6.2% | 2025 |
| 176 |  Togo | 6.2% | 2025 |
| 177 |  Solomon Islands | 6.1% | 2025 |
| 178 |  DR Congo | 6.1% | 2025 |
| 179 |  Madagascar | 6.0% | 2025 |
| 180 |  Sudan | 6.0% | 2025 |
| 181 |  Mauritania | 6.0% | 2025 |
| 182 |  Liberia | 5.8% | 2025 |
| 183 |  Iraq | 5.7% | 2025 |
| 184 |  Ethiopia | 5.7% | 2025 |
| 185 |  Benin | 5.7% | 2025 |
| 186 |  Papua New Guinea | 5.7% | 2025 |
| 187 |  Gambia | 5.6% | 2025 |
| 188 |  Tanzania | 5.6% | 2025 |
| 189 |  Sierra Leone | 5.6% | 2025 |
| 190 |  Guinea-Bissau | 5.5% | 2025 |
| 191 |  Angola | 5.5% | 2025 |
| 192 |  Nigeria | 5.4% | 2025 |
| 193 |  Republic of the Congo | 5.4% | 2025 |
| 194 |  South Sudan | 5.2% | 2025 |
| 195 |  Bahrain | 5.2% | 2025 |
| 196 |  Somalia | 5.1% | 2025 |
| 197 |  Mozambique | 5.1% | 2025 |
| 198 |  Niger | 5.1% | 2025 |
| 199 |  Nauru | 5.0% | 2025 |
| 200 |  Cameroon | 5.0% | 2025 |
| 201 |  Kenya | 5.0% | 2025 |
| 202 |  Burkina Faso | 4.8% | 2025 |
| 203 |  Burundi | 4.8% | 2025 |
| 204 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 4.7% | 2025 |
| 205 |  Mali | 4.6% | 2025 |
| 206 |  Malawi | 4.5% | 2025 |
| 207 |  Yemen | 4.5% | 2025 |
| 208 |  Central African Republic | 4.5% | 2025 |
| 209 |  Afghanistan | 4.4% | 2025 |
| 210 |  Saudi Arabia | 4.2% | 2025 |
| 211 |  Chad | 4.1% | 2025 |
| 212 |  Uganda | 4.1% | 2025 |
| 213 |  Kuwait | 4.0% | 2025 |
| 214 |  Oman | 3.7% | 2025 |
| 215 |  Zambia | 3.5% | 2025 |
| 216 |  United Arab Emirates | 2.2% | 2025 |
| 217 | Qatar | 2.0% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SP.POP.DPND.OL). License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-11-02.
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