The reading right now

As of January 2024, Dependency ratio for China stood at 44.2. That is down 0.49 from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 44.3, ranging from a low of 43.4 in January 2019 to a high of 44.7 in January 2023. The current reading sits 1.64 above its trailing ten-year mean of 42.6.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.