Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Afghanistan

Age dependency ratio in Afghanistan in 2025 — 81.8 per 100. Ranked 204 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 0.9%.

2025 81.8 per 100 −1.21% vs 2024
World rank 204of 217
Period maximum 110.6 per 1002003
Period minimum 81.1 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Afghanistan, 1960–2025809010011012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 81.1 per 1001962: 81.5 per 1001964: 82.4 per 1001966: 83.9 per 1001968: 85.6 per 1001970: 87.3 per 1001972: 88.8 per 1001974: 90.2 per 1001976: 91.7 per 1001978: 93.1 per 1001980: 94.5 per 1001982: 95.8 per 1001984: 96.8 per 1001986: 97.8 per 1001988: 98.7 per 1001990: 99.7 per 1001992: 101.1 per 1001994: 103 per 1001996: 105.2 per 1001998: 107.6 per 1002000: 109.6 per 1002002: 110.5 per 1002004: 110.3 per 1002006: 108.9 per 1002008: 106.3 per 1002010: 103.1 per 1002012: 99.8 per 1002014: 96.3 per 1002016: 92.9 per 1002018: 89.8 per 1002020: 87.2 per 1002022: 85 per 1002024: 82.8 per 1002025: 81.8 per 100
Change over the period: +0.7 (+0.88%) Average annual rate: 0.01 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 81.8 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
South Asia 47 per 100
Southern Asia computed 50.2 per 100
Low-income countries computed 79.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 81.8 −1 −1.21%
2024 82.8 −1.1 −1.26%
2023 83.8 −1.1 −1.33%
2022 85 −1.1 −1.3%
2021 86.1 −1.2 −1.33%
2020 87.2 −1.3 −1.43%
2019 88.5 −1.3 −1.49%
2018 89.8 −1.4 −1.58%
2017 91.3 −1.6 −1.72%
2016 92.9 −1.7 −1.82%
2015 94.6 −1.7 −1.8%
2014 96.3 −1.7 −1.75%
2013 98.1 −1.7 −1.71%
2012 99.8 −1.7 −1.66%
2011 101.5 −1.7 −1.63%
2010 103.1 −1.7 −1.58%
2009 104.8 −1.5 −1.44%
2008 106.3 −1.4 −1.3%
2007 107.7 −1.2 −1.06%
2006 108.9 −0.8 −0.76%
2005 109.7 −0.6 −0.5%
2004 110.3 −0.3 −0.25%
2003 110.6 +0 +0.02%
2002 110.5 +0.3 +0.29%
2001 110.2 +0.6 +0.58%
2000 109.6 +0.9 +0.83%
1999 108.7 +1.1 +1.02%
1998 107.6 +1.2 +1.11%
1997 106.4 +1.2 +1.13%
1996 105.2 +1.1 +1.09%
1995 104.1 +1.1 +1.06%
1994 103 +1 +0.98%
1993 102 +0.9 +0.86%
1992 101.1 +0.8 +0.79%
1991 100.3 +0.7 +0.67%
1990 99.7 +0.5 +0.54%
1989 99.1 +0.5 +0.47%
1988 98.7 +0.4 +0.46%
1987 98.2 +0.4 +0.46%
1986 97.8 +0.5 +0.48%
1985 97.3 +0.5 +0.49%
1984 96.8 +0.5 +0.5%
1983 96.4 +0.5 +0.56%
1982 95.8 +0.7 +0.69%
1981 95.2 +0.7 +0.75%
1980 94.5 +0.7 +0.75%
1979 93.7 +0.7 +0.73%
1978 93.1 +0.7 +0.75%
1977 92.4 +0.7 +0.76%
1976 91.7 +0.7 +0.78%
1975 91 +0.7 +0.8%
1974 90.2 +0.7 +0.82%
1973 89.5 +0.7 +0.83%
1972 88.8 +0.7 +0.85%
1971 88 +0.8 +0.88%
1970 87.3 +0.8 +0.93%
1969 86.5 +0.8 +0.97%
1968 85.6 +0.8 +0.99%
1967 84.8 +0.8 +1.01%
1966 83.9 +0.9 +1.03%
1965 83.1 +0.7 +0.88%
1964 82.4 +0.5 +0.63%
1963 81.9 +0.3 +0.43%
1962 81.5 +0.2 +0.27%
1961 81.3 +0.2 +0.27%
1960 81.1

Southern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The ratio of people younger than 15 and older than 64 to the population aged 15–64, per 100 people. It shows how many dependents there are for every 100 people of working age. The minimum of the ratio is the so-called demographic window, when children have already grown up but the population has not yet aged; it was in that period that the economic surges of East Asia took place.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.