Brazil: age dependency ratio 2021

In 2021, the age dependency ratio in Brazil amounted to around 43.66 percent. This was a slight increase from the previous year. Overall, the age dependency ratio in the country has been steadily decreasing since the year 1980.

Age dependency ratio in Brazil from 1980 to 2021

Characteristic	Age dependency ratio
2021	43.66%
2020	43.48%
2019	43.39%
2018	43.38%
2017	43.45%
2016	43.58%
2015	43.75%
2014	44.11%
2013	44.56%
2012	45.08%
2011	45.66%
2010	46.29%
2009	46.99%
2008	47.72%
2007	48.46%
2006	49.24%
2005	50.08%
2004	50.89%
2003	51.72%
2002	52.58%
2001	53.44%
2000	54.29%
1999	55.39%
1998	56.56%
1997	57.77%
1996	58.95%
1995	60.03%
1994	61.21%
1993	62.26%
1992	63.19%
1991	64.1%
1990	65.07%
1989	65.93%
1988	66.76%
1987	67.53%
1986	68.21%
1985	68.75%
1984	69.52%
1983	70.29%
1982	71.05%
1981	71.8%
1980	72.47%

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Release date

2022

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Region

Brazil

Survey time period

1980 to 2021

Supplementary notes

The age dependency ratio refers to the ratio of people younger than 15 or older than 64 years to the working-age population aged 15 to 64 years.

Figures have been rounded.

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