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New Zealand - Elderly Care and Dependency Ratios 27.3

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 217 economies tracked

Latest value

27.3 (2025)

Global rank

#n/a of 217 economies

vs global median

2.1×

Growth since 1960

1.84×

Ranking Race — Elderly Care and Dependency Ratios

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#14#27#40#53#66#7919601970198019902000201020202025#19#512012 overtook Luxembourg2020 overtook Uruguay
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Real annual global ranks, 1960 - 2025. New Zealand climbed from #19 to #51 (overtook Luxembourg). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for New Zealand ↓

Key Events — New Zealand

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2012
Overtook Luxembourg in global rank auto
2020
Overtook Uruguay in global rank auto

Elderly Care and Dependency Ratios, 1960-2025

World Bank WDI · Percentage · linear scale · ranking in the race above
19601975199020052020202514.0918.4922.927.3
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