Age dependency ratio in East Asia and Pacific
In 2025, East Asia and Pacific had 46.2 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2018.
East Asia and Pacific is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
East Asia and Pacific, 2025
46.2
Change from 2024
−0.4per 100 working-age people
World, 2025
54.5 per 100 working-age people
Age dependency ratio in East Asia and Pacific 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 | East Asia and Pacific | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46.2 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 46.7 per 100 working-age people | 54.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 47.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 47.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 46.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 46.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 46.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 45.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 45.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 44.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 43.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 43.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 43.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 42.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 42.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 42.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 42.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 42.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 43.2 per 100 working-age people | 56.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 43.6 per 100 working-age people | 56.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 44.4 per 100 working-age people | 57.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 45.4 per 100 working-age people | 58.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 46.4 per 100 working-age people | 58.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 47.4 per 100 working-age people | 59.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 48.5 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 −0.4 from 46.7 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 43.9 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +2.3.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.
More for East Asia and Pacific
All statistics for East Asia and Pacific
Population aged 0 to 14
17.6%
2025 · World Bank
Population
2,390,873,921 people
2025 · World Bank
Population growth
0.11%
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Population aged 65 and over
13.9%
2025 · World Bank
Fertility rate
1.34 births per woman
2024 · World Bank
Crude birth rate
9.2 per 1,000 people
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