The reading right now

As of January 2024, Dependency ratio for India stood at 46.6. That is down 0.45 from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 47.9, ranging from a low of 46.6 in January 2024 to a high of 49.4 in January 2019. The current reading sits 3 below its trailing ten-year mean of 49.6.

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