Age dependency ratio in Iceland
In 2025, Iceland had 50.4 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2017.
Iceland, 2025
50.4
Change from 2024
+0.2per 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
150th of 217
Age dependency ratio in Iceland 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 | Iceland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.4 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 50.2 per 100 working-age people | 54.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 50.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 50.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 50.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 49.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 49.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 49.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 50.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 51.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 51.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 51.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 50.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 50.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 49.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 49.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 48.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 48.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 48.5 per 100 working-age people | 56.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 49.6 per 100 working-age people | 56.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 51.0 per 100 working-age people | 57.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 52.1 per 100 working-age people | 58.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 52.7 per 100 working-age people | 58.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 53.1 per 100 working-age people | 59.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 53.3 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 +0.2 from 50.2 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 51.2 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by −0.9.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Iceland has the 150th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.
More for Iceland
All statistics for Iceland
Old-age dependency ratio
23.9 per 100 working-age people
2025 · Eurostat
Population aged 0 to 14
17.5%
2025 · World Bank
Population on 1 January
389,444 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
389,444 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
11.2 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
6.8 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat