Age dependency ratio, young in Netherlands
Netherlands: Age dependency ratio, young was 23.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Age dependency ratio, young in Netherlands, 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, young in Netherlands stood at 23.3%. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, age dependency ratio, young in Netherlands peaked at 49.1% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 23.3%, in 2025.
That places Netherlands 173rd out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46.1% | 44.0% | 49.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 39.8% | 34.9% | 43.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 29.5% | 26.6% | 33.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.1% | 26.7% | 27.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.3% | 26.4% | 27.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.4% | 24.2% | 26.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.6% | 23.3% | 24.0% | 6 |
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More health data for Netherlands
- Population ages 0-14, male 15.4% (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 90,054 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 111,680 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 107,926 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 1.38 million (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 107,823 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 104,123 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 103,595 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 94,360 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 2.70 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is age dependency ratio, young in Netherlands?
- Age dependency ratio, young in Netherlands was 23.3% in 2025, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest age dependency ratio, young recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 49.1% in 1960.
- What is the lowest age dependency ratio, young recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.3% in 2025.
- How does Netherlands rank for age dependency ratio, young?
- Netherlands ranks 173rd out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is age dependency ratio, young rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.