North Korea Age Dependency Ratio
North Korea age dependency ratio data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 46.28%.
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Interpretation
North Korea recorded 46.28% for Age Dependency Ratio in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator increased by 0.62 percentage points, from 45.66% to 46.28%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (44.11%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 42.95% in 2019 and the high was 46.28% in 2025.