Age dependency ratio in Norway
In 2025, Norway had 53.9 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64.
Norway, 2025
53.9
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
121st of 217
Age dependency ratio in Norway 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 | Norway | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53.9 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 53.8 per 100 working-age people | 54.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 53.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 54.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 54.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 53.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 53.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 53.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 52.8 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 52.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 52.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 51.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 51.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 51.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 51.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 51.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 50.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 50.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 51.3 per 100 working-age people | 56.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 51.8 per 100 working-age people | 56.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 52.3 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 | 53.2 per 100 working-age people | 58.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 53.6 per 100 working-age people | 59.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 53.9 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 +0.1 from 53.8 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 52.1 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +1.8.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Norway has the 121st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.
More for Norway
All statistics for Norway
Old-age dependency ratio
29.2 per 100 working-age people
2025 · Eurostat
Population aged 0 to 14
15.9%
2025 · World Bank
Population on 1 January
5,594,340 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
5,594,340 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.9 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
8.0 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat