Age dependency ratio in United Kingdom
In 2025, United Kingdom had 57.9 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64.
United Kingdom, 2025
57.9
Change from 2024
0per 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
88th of 217
Age dependency ratio in United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57.9 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 57.9 per 100 working-age people | 54.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 57.8 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 57.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 57.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 57.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 57.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 57.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 56.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 55.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 55.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 54.8 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 54.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 53.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 52.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 51.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 51.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 51.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 51.2 per 100 working-age people | 56.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 51.4 per 100 working-age people | 56.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 51.8 per 100 working-age people | 57.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 52.2 per 100 working-age people | 58.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 52.4 per 100 working-age people | 58.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 52.5 per 100 working-age people | 59.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 52.9 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 from 57.9 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 55.4 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +2.5.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, United Kingdom has the 88th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Old-age dependency ratio
28.9 per 100 working-age people
2019 · Eurostat
Population aged 0 to 14
17.0%
2025 · World Bank
Population on 1 January
67,025,542p (Provisional) people
2020 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
67,025,542p (Provisional) people
2020 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.3 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
9.4 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat