United Arab Emirates's Age Dependency Ratio: Old

AGE DEPENDENCY RATIO FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE (%)

The old-age dependency ratio is the ratio of elderly dependents (who are generally economically inactive and 65 years and older), compared to the number of people of working age (15-64-year-olds).

A high dependency ratio means those of working age, and the overall economy, face a greater burden in supporting the aging population.

United Arab Emirates's age dependency ratio for elderly people was: 2.2% reported in 2025 (most recent observation). This is a lower value against a global average of 16.0%. A lower ratio indicates less financial burden is carried by working people, and consequently less government assistace required than dependents over the age of 64.

United Arab Emirates's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: World Bank, Washington D.C.


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Japan 13.4 17.4 25.6 36.4 51.0 53.3 73.1
Portugal 17.9 20.5 23.9 27.9 40.0 44.9 61.8
Italy 20.5 21.8 27.0 31.2 39.7 45.8 70.4
Finland 17.7 19.9 22.3 26.1 39.4 42.2 48.2
Greece 20.0 20.4 25.4 28.9 38.9 41.9 65.1
Germany 23.7 21.5 24.2 31.3 38.0 44.2 53.5
Croatia 17.1 16.9 23.7 26.8 37.7 41.3 54.3
France 21.9 21.2 24.6 25.9 36.8 40.4 48.5
Serbia 15.1 16.3 23.8 25.5 36.8 39.4 50.3
Hong Kong 9.4 12.3 15.5 17.7 35.8 46.5 96.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.3 9.6 15.9 21.8 35.6 41.6 62.6
Latvia 19.4 17.6 22.3 27.0 35.4 38.5 49.7
Bulgaria 17.9 19.8 24.5 26.5 35.1 37.0 51.8
Slovenia 17.1 15.6 19.8 23.6 35.1 39.6 58.1
Estonia 18.9 17.6 22.3 25.9 34.6 37.4 52.2
Sweden 25.4 27.7 26.8 28.1 33.5 35.4 42.9
Denmark 22.3 23.1 22.2 25.3 33.4 36.8 42.8
Czechia 21.3 19.0 19.7 22.0 33.2 35.4 52.4
Belgium 22.1 22.3 25.6 26.0 33.1 37.0 47.7
Spain 17.7 20.3 24.1 24.8 32.9 38.4 68.8
Hungary 20.7 20.2 21.8 24.0 32.8 33.5 46.6
Austria 24.0 22.1 22.9 26.2 32.6 38.6 54.1
Netherlands 17.4 18.5 19.9 22.8 32.5 36.9 43.8
Lithuania 17.3 16.3 20.9 26.1 32.0 36.3 47.7
Poland 15.4 15.6 17.9 19.0 32.0 34.9 56.1
Switzerland 20.9 21.3 22.8 24.7 31.6 36.9 53.3
Canada 13.8 16.5 18.4 20.4 31.3 35.7 42.2
Romania 16.9 16.0 19.9 23.2 31.3 31.5 48.1
United Kingdom 23.4 24.4 24.4 24.8 31.1 33.2 40.9
Malta 14.5 15.8 17.9 21.7 30.9 33.7 51.2
Norway 23.4 25.2 23.4 22.6 29.4 32.6 45.2
Korea, Rep. 6.2 7.1 9.9 15.1 29.3 37.7 75.6
Taiwan 6.2 9.0 12.0 14.6 29.3 37.2 73.1
Slovak Republic 16.5 15.9 16.4 17.3 29.1 32.8 52.9
North Macedonia 9.7 10.8 14.6 16.8 28.5 32.3 46.5
United States 16.7 18.6 18.3 19.0 28.5 32.1 37.9
Australia 14.7 16.5 18.4 20.1 28.2 31.3 39.5
Ukraine 17.8 18.1 19.5 21.0 28.2 31.4 47.8
Belarus 15.8 16.1 19.9 19.6 27.8 31.6 46.0
New Zealand 15.4 16.8 18.0 19.6 27.3 31.0 39.5
Russia 14.9 14.9 17.7 17.6 27.3 30.3 39.4
Albania 8.8 8.7 11.6 16.2 26.8 32.4 45.5
Moldova 11.2 13.1 15.2 14.9 26.5 29.3 35.1
Georgia 13.7 13.6 19.0 20.3 25.2 27.5 33.4
Ireland 18.3 18.5 16.7 16.8 24.7 27.3 44.9
Uruguay 16.8 18.5 20.9 22.3 24.7 26.6 37.4
Iceland 15.8 16.5 17.8 18.1 24.0 26.9 38.4
Luxembourg 20.0 19.3 20.9 20.5 23.1 27.1 42.9
Thailand 5.7 6.0 8.8 12.0 23.0 28.7 50.2
Armenia 8.2 7.8 14.2 15.3 21.7 26.9 39.0
Cyprus 14.8 14.8 14.7 15.8 21.6 24.4 43.4
China 7.4 8.1 10.3 11.9 21.4 26.4 52.3
Chile 7.7 9.4 12.6 14.6 21.2 24.8 43.1
Israel 15.1 15.5 15.7 15.9 21.1 21.6 25.9
Mauritius 7.0 8.2 9.0 10.0 19.8 24.8 41.8
Singapore 6.9 7.7 8.3 9.3 19.2 23.7 41.7
Argentina 12.5 14.1 15.5 16.3 19.0 20.1 30.9
Sri Lanka 7.5 9.1 9.3 11.1 19.0 21.6 32.5
Trinidad and Tobago 7.1 7.3 7.1 8.5 18.6 22.9 38.1
Costa Rica 6.6 7.6 8.8 10.9 18.5 22.6 40.7
Bahamas, The 7.0 8.0 10.2 13.6 17.2 20.4 32.9
Brazil 6.1 6.8 7.9 9.7 16.6 20.0 35.8
Lebanon 8.0 6.9 8.1 8.8 16.3 18.4 25.7
Türkiye 8.4 8.0 9.1 10.8 15.5 18.4 35.2
Tunisia 6.7 7.2 8.5 9.4 14.9 18.0 32.7
Panama 6.8 7.2 7.9 9.7 14.7 17.3 29.4
Colombia 6.1 6.5 7.2 8.8 14.6 18.1 31.7
Kazakhstan 12.0 9.2 10.2 9.5 14.6 17.0 22.4
Peru 7.7 6.2 7.1 11.3 14.1 16.0 27.4
Vietnam 9.8 9.8 9.6 8.7 14.0 17.3 31.7
Azerbaijan 6.3 6.4 8.6 8.2 13.2 17.1 27.7
Ecuador 6.8 6.4 7.9 9.3 12.7 14.6 26.2
Morocco 5.1 5.4 7.0 7.9 12.7 15.0 25.4
Mexico 5.8 7.2 8.3 9.5 12.6 14.8 25.9
Dominican Republic 5.6 6.1 7.1 7.9 12.5 14.7 23.0
El Salvador 5.1 5.1 8.0 11.0 12.3 13.5 21.5
Suriname 7.8 5.3 7.2 9.2 12.3 15.0 23.0
Jamaica 14.1 12.8 10.0 8.9 11.7 14.5 28.4
Malaysia 5.9 6.0 6.3 7.4 11.4 13.3 25.1
Indonesia 6.6 6.7 7.8 8.9 11.1 13.1 23.1
Myanmar 7.3 7.6 7.9 7.9 11.0 12.7 20.1
Guyana 7.1 6.7 6.5 7.3 10.9 12.7 16.8
Algeria 6.5 5.9 7.1 7.2 10.8 12.6 25.7
India 7.0 7.0 7.3 7.8 10.8 12.4 21.7
Cabo Verde 11.4 9.4 9.1 7.8 10.5 12.6 24.3
Paraguay 7.9 6.9 7.0 8.0 10.4 12.0 18.7
Bangladesh 6.6 6.5 5.8 6.8 10.2 11.4 20.3
South Africa 6.9 6.8 7.9 8.0 10.2 11.6 16.8
Nepal 6.3 6.6 6.9 8.0 10.1 10.6 16.0
Brunei 4.7 4.1 4.2 4.8 10.0 12.7 29.7
Cambodia 5.9 5.7 5.2 6.2 9.9 11.6 17.7
Uzbekistan 7.6 6.2 7.9 7.2 9.7 11.7 16.5
Kyrgyzstan 8.2 8.4 9.0 6.8 9.6 11.5 15.5
Bhutan 4.6 5.3 6.5 7.8 9.1 10.0 22.9
Bolivia 7.4 7.3 9.3 9.1 8.9 9.6 14.6
Mongolia 9.3 7.0 5.6 5.6 8.6 10.7 19.6
Nicaragua 5.1 5.5 6.3 7.2 8.6 9.9 19.2
Philippines 4.9 5.1 5.2 5.5 8.5 9.9 16.1
Egypt 7.3 7.0 6.8 6.3 8.3 9.3 14.9
Guatemala 5.2 6.5 7.1 6.9 7.8 8.4 14.0
Comoros 8.9 8.3 8.6 7.8 7.6 7.5 10.3
Libya 4.8 5.0 5.7 6.1 7.6 9.5 24.7
Turkmenistan 7.7 6.4 6.8 5.7 7.5 9.5 16.3
Haiti 7.6 7.1 6.4 6.5 7.4 8.0 12.3
Laos 6.4 6.6 6.3 6.3 7.4 8.4 14.4
Jordan 5.2 4.5 4.7 5.7 7.3 9.1 18.6
Pakistan 6.1 6.5 6.5 6.5 7.3 7.8 9.9
Honduras 6.5 6.3 5.5 5.2 7.0 7.8 15.1
Eswatini 6.1 5.0 4.4 5.1 6.9 7.2 10.9
Gabon 12.6 11.1 9.1 7.2 6.9 7.3 11.4
Rwanda 4.9 4.7 4.2 5.0 6.8 7.0 9.6
Tajikistan 7.1 6.7 6.7 5.3 6.8 8.3 12.1
Botswana 5.9 6.2 5.7 5.4 6.4 6.9 11.2
Namibia 8.3 6.4 5.7 5.7 6.4 7.1 10.6
Lesotho 7.0 7.8 8.1 7.2 6.3 6.1 8.6
Zimbabwe 7.2 6.2 6.3 5.8 6.3 5.5 8.5
Ghana 5.2 5.0 5.8 5.9 6.2 7.1 11.5
Guinea 7.7 8.0 7.7 7.0 6.2 6.3 7.2
Senegal 5.4 5.9 6.1 6.6 6.2 6.4 9.3
Congo, Dem. Rep 5.4 5.4 5.8 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.0
Madagascar 6.8 5.7 5.4 5.0 6.0 6.4 8.5
Mauritania 5.9 6.0 5.8 6.7 6.0 6.1 7.6
Sudan 4.9 5.6 5.7 4.9 6.0 6.6 8.4
Liberia 5.5 5.7 5.8 6.1 5.8 5.9 7.7
Benin 8.6 7.2 6.2 5.8 5.7 5.9 7.7
Ethiopia 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.7 6.3 8.3
Papua New Guinea 2.4 3.9 4.4 4.5 5.7 6.7 11.0
Togo 5.8 5.7 5.1 4.9 5.7 6.0 8.5
Gambia 7.7 7.9 6.0 5.0 5.6 6.3 8.2
Sierra Leone 7.7 7.4 6.7 6.1 5.6 5.8 8.3
Tanzania 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.4 7.3
Angola 4.4 4.3 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.7 6.7
Guinea-Bissau 9.5 10.5 6.9 5.3 5.5 5.7 8.7
Congo, Rep. 6.5 6.4 5.7 4.8 5.4 6.0 8.9
Nigeria 6.1 6.1 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.4 7.0
Bahrain 3.4 3.3 3.3 2.8 5.2 6.4 11.4
Mozambique 6.0 5.9 5.2 5.2 5.1 4.7 5.7
Niger 3.7 4.2 4.5 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.7
Cameroon 7.6 7.2 6.4 5.6 5.0 5.2 7.6
Kenya 4.5 4.4 4.3 3.9 5.0 5.4 8.6
Burkina Faso 6.8 6.9 5.8 5.2 4.8 4.9 7.2
Burundi 6.2 5.8 4.9 4.3 4.8 4.6 7.4
Cote d'Ivoire 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.7 4.9 7.7
Mali 6.8 7.5 6.4 5.6 4.6 4.3 5.8
Central African Republic 7.4 5.7 4.4 3.6 4.5 4.6 3.4
Malawi 6.1 7.6 6.6 7.2 4.5 4.5 7.6
Yemen, Rep. 6.3 6.2 5.7 5.1 4.5 4.8 8.1
Afghanistan 4.9 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.6 6.3
Saudi Arabia 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.4 4.2 5.0 11.4
Chad 7.6 7.0 5.8 4.6 4.1 4.3 5.5
Uganda 6.1 6.3 5.5 4.0 4.1 4.4 6.6
Kuwait 2.3 2.9 2.2 2.4 4.0 4.7 8.8
Oman 5.8 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.7 4.0 8.9
Zambia 6.7 5.9 4.8 3.5 3.5 4.0 7.6
United Arab Emirates 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.7 2.2 2.8 2.6
Qatar 1.9 1.5 1.7 1.0 2.0 2.1 3.7

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