China Age Dependency Ratio
China age dependency ratio data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 43.51%.
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Interpretation
China recorded 43.51% for Age Dependency Ratio in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator decreased by 0.73 percentage points, from 44.24% to 43.51%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (43.37%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is lower overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 40.44% in 2016 and the high was 44.73% in 2023.