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Age dependency ratio — Guinea-Bissau

Age dependency ratio in Guinea-Bissau in 2025 — 71.1 per 100. Ranked 182 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 2.8%.

2025 71.1 per 100 −1.69% vs 2024
World rank 182of 217
Period maximum 104.4 per 1001987
Period minimum 69.2 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Guinea-Bissau, 1960–20256070809010011019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 69.2 per 1001962: 71.9 per 1001964: 77.7 per 1001966: 85.7 per 1001968: 85.3 per 1001970: 85.6 per 1001972: 86.3 per 1001974: 85.3 per 1001976: 90.3 per 1001978: 98.3 per 1001980: 99.2 per 1001982: 101.6 per 1001984: 103.6 per 1001986: 104.4 per 1001988: 104.2 per 1001990: 103.3 per 1001992: 101.2 per 1001994: 99.4 per 1001996: 97.5 per 1001998: 95.3 per 1002000: 93.2 per 1002002: 91.2 per 1002004: 89.4 per 1002006: 88 per 1002008: 86.6 per 1002010: 85.2 per 1002012: 84 per 1002014: 82.7 per 1002016: 81.3 per 1002018: 79.4 per 1002020: 77.2 per 1002022: 74.8 per 1002024: 72.3 per 1002025: 71.1 per 100
Change over the period: +1.9 (+2.78%) Average annual rate: 0.04 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau 71.1 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Western Africa computed 77.9 per 100
Low-income countries computed 79.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 71.1 −1.2 −1.69%
2024 72.3 −1.2 −1.66%
2023 73.6 −1.2 −1.66%
2022 74.8 −1.2 −1.59%
2021 76 −1.2 −1.5%
2020 77.2 −1.1 −1.42%
2019 78.3 −1.1 −1.33%
2018 79.4 −1 −1.26%
2017 80.4 −0.9 −1.1%
2016 81.3 −0.8 −0.94%
2015 82 −0.7 −0.85%
2014 82.7 −0.6 −0.76%
2013 83.4 −0.6 −0.73%
2012 84 −0.6 −0.73%
2011 84.6 −0.6 −0.76%
2010 85.2 −0.7 −0.81%
2009 85.9 −0.7 −0.81%
2008 86.6 −0.7 −0.77%
2007 87.3 −0.6 −0.73%
2006 88 −0.7 −0.75%
2005 88.6 −0.8 −0.88%
2004 89.4 −0.9 −0.98%
2003 90.3 −0.9 −0.98%
2002 91.2 −1 −1.05%
2001 92.2 −1 −1.12%
2000 93.2 −1.1 −1.12%
1999 94.3 −1 −1.07%
1998 95.3 −1.1 −1.11%
1997 96.3 −1.1 −1.15%
1996 97.5 −1 −1.06%
1995 98.5 −0.9 −0.92%
1994 99.4 −0.8 −0.8%
1993 100.2 −0.9 −0.92%
1992 101.2 −1.2 −1.18%
1991 102.4 −1 −0.93%
1990 103.3 −0.5 −0.49%
1989 103.8 −0.3 −0.33%
1988 104.2 −0.2 −0.19%
1987 104.4 +0 +0%
1986 104.4 +0.3 +0.25%
1985 104.1 +0.5 +0.53%
1984 103.6 +0.8 +0.82%
1983 102.7 +1.1 +1.06%
1982 101.6 +1.2 +1.21%
1981 100.4 +1.2 +1.26%
1980 99.2 −0.2 −0.21%
1979 99.4 +1.1 +1.07%
1978 98.3 +4.1 +4.32%
1977 94.3 +4 +4.45%
1976 90.3 +3.2 +3.63%
1975 87.1 +1.8 +2.08%
1974 85.3 +0 +0%
1973 85.3 −0.9 −1.09%
1972 86.3 +0.4 +0.43%
1971 85.9 +0.2 +0.27%
1970 85.6 +0.2 +0.19%
1969 85.5 +0.2 +0.18%
1968 85.3 −1 −1.2%
1967 86.4 +0.6 +0.73%
1966 85.7 +3.2 +3.92%
1965 82.5 +4.8 +6.15%
1964 77.7 +3.7 +5.05%
1963 74 +2.1 +2.93%
1962 71.9 +1.9 +2.66%
1961 70 +0.8 +1.19%
1960 69.2 — —

Western Africa, 2025

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

CV Cabo Verde 46.7 GH Ghana 64.5 SL Sierra Leone 69.3 SN Senegal 70.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 71.1 LR Liberia 73.7 GM Gambia 75.2 CI Côte d'Ivoire 75.8 NG Nigeria 77.3 BF Burkina Faso 78.1 TG Togo 78.3 GN Guinea 78.6 BJ Benin 79.9 MR Mauritania 83.9 ML Mali 92.9 NE Niger 95.5
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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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