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Colombia – Dependency Ratio

Name: Colombia Dependency Ratio
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ratio of dependents (people younger than 15 or older than 64) to the working-age population (15-64). Higher ratios imply greater economic burden on workers. · World Bank

42.96 +0.16 from 2023 G20 rank: 27th · all-time high: 100.26 (1964)

APA

Colombia Dependency Ratio. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/colombia/dependency-ratio

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_colombia_dependency-ratio,
  title = {Colombia Dependency Ratio},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/colombia/dependency-ratio},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2027* trend	42.71	–	–
2026* trend	42.75	–	–
2025* trend	42.79	–	–
2024	42.96	+0.16	27th
2023	42.80	+0.03	29th
2022	42.78	−0.11	27th
2021	42.88	−0.24	28th
2020	43.12	−0.38	31st
2019	43.50	−0.59	34th
2018	44.09	−0.75	35th
2017	44.84	−0.73	37th
2016	45.57	−0.63	49th
2015	46.20	−0.61	58th
2014	46.80	−0.70	60th
2013	47.50	−0.77	66th
2012	48.27	−0.80	77th
2011	49.07	−0.86	83rd
2010	49.93	−0.93	91st
2009	50.85	−0.96	97th
2008	51.82	−0.98	104th
2007	52.80	−0.98	106th
2006	53.78	−0.95	108th
2005	54.73	−0.90	107th
2004	55.63	−0.83	108th
2003	56.46	−0.79	107th
2002	57.25	−0.79	107th
2001	58.04	−0.77	106th
2000	58.81	−0.77	103rd
1999	59.58	−0.81	102nd
1998	60.39	−0.85	101st
1997	61.24	−0.85	102nd
1996	62.09	−0.79	98th
1995	62.89	−0.69	99th
1994	63.58	−0.60	99th
1993	64.18	−0.61	99th
1992	64.79	−0.64	99th
1991	65.43	−0.67	99th
1990	66.09	−0.73	98th
1989	66.82	−0.77	100th
1988	67.59	−0.84	100th
1987	68.43	−0.92	102nd
1986	69.35	−1.09	102nd
1985	70.44	−1.25	103rd
1984	71.69	−1.34	105th
1983	73.03	−1.42	108th
1982	74.45	−1.50	107th
1981	75.95	−1.65	108th
1980	77.61	−1.78	109th
1979	79.39	−1.85	110th
1978	81.24	−1.88	109th
1977	83.12	−1.84	112th
1976	84.96	−1.85	118th
1975	86.81	−1.91	122nd
1974	88.72	−1.91	131st
1973	90.63	−1.84	139th
1972	92.47	−1.66	149th
1971	94.13	−1.50	160th
1970	95.63	−1.35	164th
1969	96.99	−1.13	166th
1968	98.12	−0.89	170th
1967	99.01	−0.63	171st
1966	99.64	−0.40	179th
1965	100.04	−0.22	180th
1964	100.26	+0.15	183rd
1963	100.12	+0.44	184th
1962	99.68	+0.51	188th
1961	99.17	+0.61	188th
1960	98.56	–	189th

Show all years (1960–2024)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Stagflation Risk

GDP growth below 2% combined with inflation above 8% and rising unemployment. The worst macro combination for policymakers.

Inflation 11.7% GDP growth 0.7% Unemployment 9.6%

This pattern occurred 204 times in G20 history, 77 successful

Haiti 2024

Inflation

26.9%

GDP growth

-4.2%

Unemployment

14.6%

São Tomé and Principe 2024

Inflation

14.4%

GDP growth

1.1%

Unemployment

9.1%

Angola 2023

Inflation

13.6%

GDP growth

1.3%

Unemployment

14.1%

Colombia 2023

Inflation

11.7%

GDP growth

0.7%

Unemployment

9.6%

Haiti 2023

Inflation

36.8%

GDP growth

-1.9%

Unemployment

14.5%

Lebanon 2023

Inflation

221.3%

GDP growth

-0.8%

Unemployment

11.0%

HistorySaid

Colombia's dependency ratio peaked at 100.26 in 1964. The 2024 reading of 42.96 is -57.2% below that level. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 42.79 by 2025.