Age dependency ratio, old in Cuba
Cuba: Age dependency ratio, old was 25.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Age dependency ratio, old in Cuba, 1960–2025
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in % of working-age population.
Analysis
In 2025, age dependency ratio, old in Cuba stood at 25.1%. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 22.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, age dependency ratio, old in Cuba peaked at 25.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 1960.
That places Cuba 58th out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.7% | 7.2% | 8.7% | 10 |
| 1970s | 10.5% | 9.0% | 11.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.1% | 12.1% | 12.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.8% | 12.1% | 13.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.9% | 14.2% | 17.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.3% | 18.1% | 22.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.7% | 22.8% | 25.1% | 6 |
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More health data for Cuba
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 62,024 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 60,571 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 60,100 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 60,480 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 57,751 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 57,713 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 57,461 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 54,848 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 7.43 million (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 57,259 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is age dependency ratio, old in Cuba?
- Age dependency ratio, old in Cuba was 25.1% in 2025, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest age dependency ratio, old recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 25.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest age dependency ratio, old recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 1960.
- How does Cuba rank for age dependency ratio, old?
- Cuba ranks 58th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is age dependency ratio, old rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.