Youth dependency ratio fell 3.56% to 26.5% in Turkey in 2024, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, youth dependency ratio in Turkey reached an all time high of 82.9% in 1968 and an all time low of 26.5% in 2024. When compared to Turkey's main peers, youth dependency ratio in Bulgaria amounted to 17.9%, 17.5% in Greece, 53.9% in Iraq and 27.1% in Iran in 2024.
Turkey has been ranked 101st within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of youth dependency ratio, 4 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Youth Dependency Ratio | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Albania | % | 18.0% | 17.5% | 17.2% | 16.8% | 16.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | % | 17.3% | 17.5% | 17.6% | 17.7% | 17.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 18.4% | 18.6% | 18.7% | 18.8% | 18.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 18.9% | 18.9% | 18.9% | 19.0% | 19.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 39.6% | 39.1% | 38.5% | 38.0% | 37.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | % | 21.3% | 21.3% | 21.3% | 21.3% | 21.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| North Macedonia | % | 14.5% | 14.5% | 14.5% | 14.5% | 14.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 26.1% | 25.6% | 25.2% | 24.8% | 24.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | % | 15.5% | 15.6% | 15.7% | 15.7% | 15.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 16.6% | 16.8% | 16.9% | 17.1% | 17.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | % | 14.0% | 14.0% | 13.9% | 13.8% | 13.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | % | 26.0% | 25.4% | 25.0% | 24.6% | 24.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | % | 19.8% | 19.6% | 19.4% | 19.2% | 19.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | 21.8% | 21.6% | 21.4% | 21.2% | 20.9% |
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