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Age dependency ratio — Botswana

Age dependency ratio in Botswana in 2025 — 56.3 per 100. Ranked 122 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 42.2%.

2025 56.3 per 100 −0.54% vs 2024
World rank 122of 217
Period maximum 114.5 per 1001971
Period minimum 56.3 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Botswana, 1960–202540608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 97.5 per 1001962: 101.5 per 1001964: 104.9 per 1001966: 107.6 per 1001968: 111.1 per 1001970: 114.1 per 1001972: 113 per 1001974: 107.5 per 1001976: 102.9 per 1001978: 98.3 per 1001980: 96.3 per 1001982: 96.8 per 1001984: 96.9 per 1001986: 96.6 per 1001988: 95.9 per 1001990: 93.7 per 1001992: 90.4 per 1001994: 85.9 per 1001996: 80.8 per 1001998: 75.9 per 1002000: 71.6 per 1002002: 67.9 per 1002004: 64.9 per 1002006: 62.6 per 1002008: 61 per 1002010: 59.9 per 1002012: 60.2 per 1002014: 61 per 1002016: 60.8 per 1002018: 59.8 per 1002020: 58.1 per 1002022: 57 per 1002024: 56.7 per 1002025: 56.3 per 100
Change over the period: −41.1 (−42.18%) Average annual rate: -0.84 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Botswana 56.3 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Southern Africa computed 50.1 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 45.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 56.3 −0.3 −0.54%
2024 56.7 −0.2 −0.37%
2023 56.9 −0.1 −0.23%
2022 57 −0.4 −0.65%
2021 57.4 −0.8 −1.33%
2020 58.1 −0.9 −1.49%
2019 59 −0.8 −1.27%
2018 59.8 −0.6 −1.01%
2017 60.4 −0.4 −0.73%
2016 60.8 −0.2 −0.37%
2015 61.1 +0 +0.06%
2014 61 +0.3 +0.47%
2013 60.7 +0.6 +0.92%
2012 60.2 +0.4 +0.64%
2011 59.8 −0.1 −0.21%
2010 59.9 −0.4 −0.73%
2009 60.4 −0.6 −1.05%
2008 61 −0.8 −1.23%
2007 61.8 −0.9 −1.38%
2006 62.6 −1 −1.59%
2005 63.7 −1.2 −1.87%
2004 64.9 −1.4 −2.15%
2003 66.3 −1.6 −2.41%
2002 67.9 −1.8 −2.55%
2001 69.7 −1.9 −2.65%
2000 71.6 −2.1 −2.79%
1999 73.7 −2.2 −2.91%
1998 75.9 −2.4 −3.04%
1997 78.2 −2.5 −3.13%
1996 80.8 −2.6 −3.08%
1995 83.3 −2.5 −2.96%
1994 85.9 −2.4 −2.7%
1993 88.3 −2.1 −2.33%
1992 90.4 −1.8 −1.95%
1991 92.2 −1.5 −1.62%
1990 93.7 −1.3 −1.37%
1989 95 −0.9 −0.98%
1988 95.9 −0.5 −0.53%
1987 96.4 −0.2 −0.21%
1986 96.6 −0.1 −0.14%
1985 96.8 −0.1 −0.13%
1984 96.9 −0 −0.01%
1983 96.9 +0.1 +0.13%
1982 96.8 −0.1 −0.14%
1981 96.9 +0.6 +0.59%
1980 96.3 +0.2 +0.19%
1979 96.2 −2.2 −2.21%
1978 98.3 −2.6 −2.53%
1977 100.9 −2 −1.96%
1976 102.9 −2.2 −2.12%
1975 105.1 −2.4 −2.22%
1974 107.5 −2.7 −2.49%
1973 110.3 −2.8 −2.46%
1972 113 −1.5 −1.3%
1971 114.5 +0.4 +0.36%
1970 114.1 +1.4 +1.27%
1969 112.7 +1.6 +1.44%
1968 111.1 +1.7 +1.58%
1967 109.4 +1.7 +1.6%
1966 107.6 +1.6 +1.53%
1965 106 +1.1 +1.1%
1964 104.9 +1.4 +1.32%
1963 103.5 +2 +1.96%
1962 101.5 +2 +2.01%
1961 99.5 +2.1 +2.11%
1960 97.5 — —

Southern Africa, 2025

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

ZA South Africa 48.4 BW Botswana 56.3 SZ Eswatini 59.6 LS Lesotho 61.2 NA Namibia 67.9
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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.

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