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Age dependency ratio — Eswatini

Age dependency ratio in Eswatini in 2025 — 59.6 per 100. Ranked 142 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 39.9%.

2025 59.6 per 100 −1.16% vs 2024
World rank 142of 217
Period maximum 109.6 per 1001985
Period minimum 59.6 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Eswatini, 1960–202540608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 99.2 per 1001962: 101.4 per 1001964: 102.9 per 1001966: 102.3 per 1001968: 101 per 1001970: 100.5 per 1001972: 100.9 per 1001974: 102 per 1001976: 103.5 per 1001978: 105.2 per 1001980: 106.9 per 1001982: 108.6 per 1001984: 109.5 per 1001986: 109.2 per 1001988: 105.6 per 1001990: 100.6 per 1001992: 96.1 per 1001994: 97.6 per 1001996: 97.1 per 1001998: 91.1 per 1002000: 85.1 per 1002002: 81 per 1002004: 78.4 per 1002006: 76.9 per 1002008: 74.4 per 1002010: 71.7 per 1002012: 69.8 per 1002014: 68.2 per 1002016: 66.3 per 1002018: 64.6 per 1002020: 62.8 per 1002022: 61.2 per 1002024: 60.3 per 1002025: 59.6 per 100
Change over the period: −39.6 (−39.92%) Average annual rate: -0.78 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Eswatini 59.6 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Southern Africa computed 50.1 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 59.6 −0.7 −1.16%
2024 60.3 −0.5 −0.85%
2023 60.8 −0.4 −0.63%
2022 61.2 −0.6 −1.02%
2021 61.8 −0.9 −1.48%
2020 62.8 −0.9 −1.47%
2019 63.7 −0.9 −1.38%
2018 64.6 −0.8 −1.3%
2017 65.4 −0.8 −1.23%
2016 66.3 −0.9 −1.35%
2015 67.2 −1 −1.46%
2014 68.2 −0.9 −1.29%
2013 69 −0.8 −1.11%
2012 69.8 −0.8 −1.18%
2011 70.7 −1 −1.44%
2010 71.7 −1.3 −1.73%
2009 73 −1.5 −1.99%
2008 74.4 −1.5 −1.91%
2007 75.9 −1 −1.27%
2006 76.9 −0.7 −0.88%
2005 77.6 −0.9 −1.09%
2004 78.4 −1.1 −1.39%
2003 79.5 −1.4 −1.78%
2002 81 −1.9 −2.25%
2001 82.8 −2.3 −2.72%
2000 85.1 −2.8 −3.2%
1999 87.9 −3.2 −3.49%
1998 91.1 −3.2 −3.41%
1997 94.3 −2.8 −2.85%
1996 97.1 −2.3 −2.31%
1995 99.4 +1.8 +1.83%
1994 97.6 +2.6 +2.76%
1993 95 −1.1 −1.17%
1992 96.1 −2.2 −2.2%
1991 98.3 −2.3 −2.28%
1990 100.6 −2.1 −2.04%
1989 102.7 −2.9 −2.74%
1988 105.6 −2.7 −2.47%
1987 108.2 −1 −0.9%
1986 109.2 −0.4 −0.38%
1985 109.6 +0.1 +0.09%
1984 109.5 +0.4 +0.32%
1983 109.2 +0.6 +0.53%
1982 108.6 +0.8 +0.77%
1981 107.8 +0.9 +0.83%
1980 106.9 +0.8 +0.8%
1979 106 +0.8 +0.79%
1978 105.2 +0.9 +0.84%
1977 104.3 +0.9 +0.84%
1976 103.5 +0.8 +0.76%
1975 102.7 +0.7 +0.68%
1974 102 +0.6 +0.58%
1973 101.4 +0.5 +0.46%
1972 100.9 +0.3 +0.31%
1971 100.6 +0.1 +0.12%
1970 100.5 −0.1 −0.12%
1969 100.6 −0.4 −0.39%
1968 101 −0.7 −0.69%
1967 101.7 −0.6 −0.57%
1966 102.3 −0.3 −0.33%
1965 102.6 −0.2 −0.22%
1964 102.9 +0.4 +0.43%
1963 102.4 +1 +0.97%
1962 101.4 +1.1 +1.06%
1961 100.4 +1.2 +1.19%
1960 99.2 — —

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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