Before you play
What This Dependency Figure Means
This game compares the old-age dependency ratio across countries.
- The ratio estimates how many people ages 65 and older there are relative to the working-age population.
- It is a demographic pressure gauge, not a direct pension insolvency forecast.
- Still, it is one of the fastest ways to see where care, tax bases, and retirement politics are already colliding.
A dependency ratio is basically time catching up with policy.