Age dependency ratio in Costa Rica
In 2025, Costa Rica had 45.1 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64.
Costa Rica, 2025
45.1
Change from 2024
+0.1per 100 working-age people
World, 2025
54.5 per 100 working-age people
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
55.0 per 100 working-age people
Position in 2025
180th of 217
Age dependency ratio in Costa Rica over time
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Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Costa Rica | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.1 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 45.0 per 100 working-age people | 54.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 45.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 45.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 45.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 45.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 45.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 45.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 45.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 45.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 45.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 45.8 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 46.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 46.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 47.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 47.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 48.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 48.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 49.7 per 100 working-age people | 56.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 50.6 per 100 working-age people | 56.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 51.7 per 100 working-age people | 57.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 52.8 per 100 working-age people | 58.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 54.0 per 100 working-age people | 58.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 55.3 per 100 working-age people | 59.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 56.7 per 100 working-age people | 60.1 per 100 working-age people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 from 45.0 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 45.5 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by −0.5.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Costa Rica has the 180th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.
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