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Portugal vs Spain: Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Portugal's Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) was 39.14, compared to Spain's 32.07. That makes Portugal's value 22.1% higher than Spain's.

Portugal

Rank #3 of 217 globally

Portugal trend
Latest (2024)
39.14
Year-over-year
+2.3%
10-year change
+27.1%
Peak
39.14 (2024)
Trough
25.85 (2005)

Spain

Rank #27 of 217 globally

Spain trend
Latest (2024)
32.07
Year-over-year
+2.6%
10-year change
+17.2%
Peak
32.07 (2024)
Trough
23.82 (2007)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.DPND.OL), CC BY 4.0.