Age dependency ratio in Israel

In 2025, Israel had 66.3 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2017.

Measure: Age dependency ratio Unit: Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64 Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Israel, 2025 66.3 Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64
Change from 2024 −0.3per 100 working-age people 2024: 66.6 per 100 working-age people
World, 2025 54.5 per 100 working-age people Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 55.0 per 100 working-age people Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2025 54th of 217 See the full ranking

Age dependency ratio in Israel 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.

Age dependency ratio (dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64), 2001 to 2025
Period IsraelWorld
2025 66.3 per 100 working-age people 54.5 per 100 working-age people
2024 66.6 per 100 working-age people 54.7 per 100 working-age people
2023 66.8 per 100 working-age people 55.0 per 100 working-age people
2022 67.0 per 100 working-age people 55.2 per 100 working-age people
2021 67.1 per 100 working-age people 55.3 per 100 working-age people
2020 66.9 per 100 working-age people 55.4 per 100 working-age people
2019 66.7 per 100 working-age people 55.4 per 100 working-age people
2018 66.4 per 100 working-age people 55.4 per 100 working-age people
2017 66.0 per 100 working-age people 55.3 per 100 working-age people
2016 65.3 per 100 working-age people 55.2 per 100 working-age people
2015 64.6 per 100 working-age people 55.1 per 100 working-age people
2014 64.0 per 100 working-age people 55.0 per 100 working-age people
2013 63.3 per 100 working-age people 55.0 per 100 working-age people
2012 62.6 per 100 working-age people 55.0 per 100 working-age people
2011 61.7 per 100 working-age people 55.0 per 100 working-age people
2010 61.0 per 100 working-age people 55.2 per 100 working-age people
2009 60.5 per 100 working-age people 55.5 per 100 working-age people
2008 60.4 per 100 working-age people 55.8 per 100 working-age people
2007 60.5 per 100 working-age people 56.2 per 100 working-age people
2006 60.7 per 100 working-age people 56.7 per 100 working-age people
2005 60.8 per 100 working-age people 57.3 per 100 working-age people
2004 60.9 per 100 working-age people 58.0 per 100 working-age people
2003 60.8 per 100 working-age people 58.7 per 100 working-age people
2002 60.8 per 100 working-age people 59.4 per 100 working-age people
2001 60.9 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 −0.3 from 66.6 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 64.6 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +1.6.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Israel has the 54th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.DPND · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Israel
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects