United States

Dependency ratio

Name: Dependency ratio data for United States
Creator: World Bank
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Dependents relative to working-age population.

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Source: World Bank · SP.POP.DPND:US

Stored official data

Dependency ratio - United States in United States was 54.4 on January 1, 2024, higher by 0.54 (+1.0%) from the prior observation. Charted from annual observations in ratio.

Latest54.45

YoY+1.00%

10Y Avg52.14

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

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Min47.77

Mean53.71

Max67.61

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

Source evidence

Tier 1 - critical

Source note Provider health

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World Bank Open Data

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SP.POP.DPND:US

Freshness

Stored · 2024-01-01

History

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81 · Acceptable

ComparabilityProvider comparability note: Check provider dimensions, units, and methodological notes before using this series as a model input.Revision evidence is not a full historical vintage archive: Use this as current-value or captured-forward evidence unless the series is explicitly labelled source-native vintage.

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QualitySource authority: 100/100. Source kind is classified as official multilateral.Methodology completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 90/100. 65 observations available; latest observation 2024-01-01; platform fetch 2026-06-19T05:31:06.964Z; release status none; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 35/100. This provider currently exposes only the latest published values in Macro by Mark.

4/6 strong

CitationDependency ratio - United States (World Bank Indicators: SP.POP.DPND, United States, retrieved Jun 19, 2026)

Retrieved Jun 19, 2026

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Series details

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

CategoryHealth

FrequencyAnnual

UnitRatio

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

Platform last fetchJune 19, 2026

Transformslevel, yoy, index 100

About this series

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The reading right now

As of January 2024, Dependency ratio for United States stood at 54.4. That is up 0.54 from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 53.2, ranging from a low of 52.2 in January 2019 to a high of 54.4 in January 2024. The current reading sits 2.31 above its trailing ten-year mean of 52.1.

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