United States

Dependency ratio

Dependents relative to working-age population.

Active series

Dependency ratio - United States

World Bank . SP.POP.DPND:US

Dependency ratio in other countries

Provider

World Bank

Frequency

annual

Transformation

level

Live data

Latest54.45

YoY+1.00%

10Y Avg52.80

FrequencyAnnual

Chart typeScale

Min47.77

Mean53.71

Max67.61

Series trust block

Tier 1 - criticalOpen with attribution

Provenance, capability, and licensing surface for Dependency ratio - United States. Every field is sourced from the platform's typed registries; missing entries are surfaced as warnings rather than hidden.

Source identity

ProviderWorld Bank Open Data
Source agencyWorld Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Source series keySP.POP.DPND
Source codeSP.POP.DPND:US
Table referenceDependency ratio - United States
Methodologyhttps://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.DPND
GeographyUnited States

Data shape

Frequencyannual
Unitsratio
Seasonal adjustmentna
Allowed transformslevel, yoy, index 100
Provider frequency floorannual

Capabilities

Revisions: not availableSearchReleases: not availableCatalog

Freshness

Last fetched2026-05-03 03:43:23 UTC

Data statuslive

Provider role

Strategic tierTier 1 - critical

Recommended actiondeepen now

Expected upstream coverage400,000

World Development Indicators; primary global comparison source.

Revision & vintage support

Not available

This provider does not publish revision history through its API.

Revision history is not available for this provider. The platform shows current published values only.

License & attribution

Rights classOpen with attribution

Commercial reuseyes-with-attribution

Redistributionallowed-with-attribution

Licence

Source: World Bank Open Data, indicator SP.POP.DPND:US. Accessed 2026-05-03. Attribution required; dataset-level exceptions may still apply.

Series details

SourceWorld Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)

CategoryHealth

FrequencyAnnual

Unitratio

Last UpdatedMay 3, 2026

Transformslevel, yoy, index 100

About this series

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

Data provenance

International organizationOpen with attribution