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Compare Age Dependency Ratio across 20 selected countries in the Americas using World Bank data for 2025. Values are measured in dependents per 100 working-age people.
Data year: 2025 Source: World Bank Last refreshed:
This ranking uses common-year World Bank observations for 2025. Retrieval date and data year are different; no newer values are inferred.
Key findings
- Guatemala has the highest observed value at 56.2 per 100 working-age people.
- Colombia has the lowest observed value at 43.3 per 100 working-age people.
- The median across 20 reporting countries is 51.1 per 100 working-age people.
- The difference between the highest and lowest values is 13 per 100 working-age people.
Comparison across selected countries in the Americas. Values in dependents per 100 working-age people. Bar lengths start at zero; the table below provides the same observations.
Complete selected-country ranking
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala | 56.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2 | United States | 55 per 100 working-age people |
| 3 | Canada | 54.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 4 | Bolivia | 54.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 5 | Paraguay | 54.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 6 | Honduras | 53.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 52.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 8 | Panama | 51.9 per 100 working-age people |
| 9 | Uruguay | 51.9 per 100 working-age people |
| 10 | Nicaragua | 51.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 11 | Argentina | 50.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 12 | Peru | 49.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 13 | El Salvador | 48.6 per 100 working-age people |
| 14 | Mexico | 48.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 15 | Ecuador | 48.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 16 | Cuba | 47.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 17 | Chile | 45.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 45.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 19 | Brazil | 44.6 per 100 working-age people |
| 20 | Colombia | 43.3 per 100 working-age people |
What the data shows
The unweighted country mean is 50.3 per 100 working-age people, compared with a median of 51.1 per 100 working-age people. Each reporting country has equal weight; this is not a population-weighted or regional aggregate. The gap between the two highest observed values is 1.2 per 100 working-age people. These comparisons describe the observations and do not establish causes.
Methodology
- Provider
- World Bank
- Dataset
- Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
- Indicator ID
- SP.POP.DPND
- Data year
- 2025
- Units
- dependents per 100 working-age people
- Coverage
- 20 of 20 selected countries in the Americas.
Source: World Bank: Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) (2025)
Rankings use the cited source values without imputation or interpolation. Display rounding does not affect rank.
Technical details
- Coverage threshold
- Minimum 18 reporting countries.
- Countries included
- Guatemala, United States, Canada, Bolivia, Paraguay, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Panama, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Argentina, Peru, El Salvador, Mexico, Ecuador, Cuba, Chile, Costa Rica, Brazil, Colombia
- Countries excluded (missing observations; ISO3 codes)
- None
- Ranking direction
- descending
- Sorting
- Exact source values; equal values share competition rank. Ties display by ascending country ID, then record ID.
- Statistics
- Unweighted arithmetic mean, median, and highest minus lowest. Derived decimals use half-up rounding; source values remain exact.
Why a newer year was not selected
- 2026: 0 available observations; 18 required.
Caveats
This is a selected-country comparison, not a global ranking. Missing countries may affect the distribution. A higher value does not necessarily imply a better outcome. Source observations may be revised.
This is an age-based ratio, not a count of people who are actually employed or financially dependent.