Iceland Age Dependency Ratio

Current and historical age dependency ratio data for Iceland, including latest value (50.17), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Iceland
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-07 00:12:37
Economy Data Rating
Iceland · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
74 / 100
Stable economy
Fiscal stability 17.4 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 13.9 / 20
External stability 13.7 / 15
Financial robustness 10.5 / 15
Structural stability 6.9 / 10
Future capacity 8.9 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.1 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1960–2024 19602024
1960 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

Iceland · age dependency ratio as a percentage of the working-age population.

1960–2024
50.17 percent
50.16 percent
50.34 percent
48 selected year
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1960 1973 1986 1999 2012 2024
age dependency ratio rate reference line

Countries by age dependency ratio

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Nigeria 78.77
Ethiopia 73.28
Japan 70.12
Pakistan 69.39
Israel 66.56
Kenya 66.12
Ghana 65.36
France 63

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Germany 59
France 63
China 44.24

Related indicators

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GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SP.POP.DPND

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-07 00:12:37

Iceland Snapshot

country profile
Population 386,506
GDP 33.26 bn
Debt/GDP 80.16%
Inflation 5.86%
Unemployment 3.63%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

Iceland Age Dependency Ratio: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Age Dependency Ratio for Iceland. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

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