New Zealand Age Dependency Ratio
New Zealand age dependency ratio data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 55.01%.
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Interpretation
New Zealand recorded 55.01% for Age Dependency Ratio in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator increased by 0.41 percentage points, from 54.59% to 55.01%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (53.41%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 52.26% in 2017 and the high was 55.01% in 2025.