The reading right now

As of January 2024, Dependency ratio for South Korea stood at 42.5. That is up 1.08 from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 40.2, ranging from a low of 37.9 in January 2019 to a high of 42.5 in January 2024. The current reading sits 3.94 above its trailing ten-year mean of 38.6.

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