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.