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Age dependency ratio — Kenya

Age dependency ratio in Kenya in 2025 — 64.7 per 100. Ranked 161 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 40.1%.

2025 64.7 per 100 −2.17% vs 2024
World rank 161of 217
Period maximum 118 per 1001976
Period minimum 64.7 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Kenya, 1960–2025608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 108 per 1001962: 109.6 per 1001964: 110.7 per 1001966: 113.2 per 1001968: 115.3 per 1001970: 116.5 per 1001972: 117.6 per 1001974: 117.9 per 1001976: 118 per 1001978: 117.1 per 1001980: 115.5 per 1001982: 113.5 per 1001984: 111.3 per 1001986: 109.4 per 1001988: 107.7 per 1001990: 105.6 per 1001992: 103.4 per 1001994: 100.9 per 1001996: 98.5 per 1001998: 96.2 per 1002000: 93.4 per 1002002: 90.5 per 1002004: 88.1 per 1002006: 86.2 per 1002008: 85.1 per 1002010: 84.2 per 1002012: 83 per 1002014: 81.1 per 1002016: 78.6 per 1002018: 75.7 per 1002020: 72.6 per 1002022: 69.3 per 1002024: 66.1 per 1002025: 64.7 per 100
Change over the period: −43.3 (−40.11%) Average annual rate: -0.79 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Kenya 64.7 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Eastern Africa computed 76.8 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 64.7 −1.4 −2.17%
2024 66.1 −1.6 −2.3%
2023 67.7 −1.6 −2.35%
2022 69.3 −1.7 −2.33%
2021 71 −1.7 −2.31%
2020 72.6 −1.6 −2.2%
2019 74.3 −1.5 −1.94%
2018 75.7 −1.4 −1.85%
2017 77.2 −1.5 −1.88%
2016 78.6 −1.4 −1.7%
2015 80 −1.1 −1.39%
2014 81.1 −1 −1.22%
2013 82.1 −0.9 −1.06%
2012 83 −0.7 −0.82%
2011 83.7 −0.5 −0.62%
2010 84.2 −0.5 −0.53%
2009 84.7 −0.5 −0.55%
2008 85.1 −0.5 −0.57%
2007 85.6 −0.6 −0.7%
2006 86.2 −0.8 −0.93%
2005 87 −1 −1.15%
2004 88.1 −1.2 −1.34%
2003 89.3 −1.3 −1.4%
2002 90.5 −1.4 −1.54%
2001 91.9 −1.5 −1.6%
2000 93.4 −1.4 −1.51%
1999 94.9 −1.3 −1.34%
1998 96.2 −1.2 −1.19%
1997 97.3 −1.2 −1.2%
1996 98.5 −1.2 −1.17%
1995 99.7 −1.2 −1.23%
1994 100.9 −1.3 −1.25%
1993 102.2 −1.2 −1.16%
1992 103.4 −1.1 −1.05%
1991 104.5 −1.1 −1.02%
1990 105.6 −1.1 −1.04%
1989 106.7 −1 −0.92%
1988 107.7 −0.9 −0.81%
1987 108.5 −0.8 −0.75%
1986 109.4 −0.9 −0.83%
1985 110.3 −1 −0.92%
1984 111.3 −1.1 −0.99%
1983 112.4 −1.1 −0.96%
1982 113.5 −1 −0.84%
1981 114.5 −1 −0.87%
1980 115.5 −0.9 −0.82%
1979 116.4 −0.7 −0.61%
1978 117.1 −0.6 −0.51%
1977 117.7 −0.3 −0.22%
1976 118 +0 +0.03%
1975 118 +0 +0.03%
1974 117.9 +0.1 +0.08%
1973 117.8 +0.2 +0.2%
1972 117.6 +0.5 +0.46%
1971 117 +0.6 +0.51%
1970 116.5 +0.5 +0.41%
1969 116 +0.6 +0.56%
1968 115.3 +0.9 +0.8%
1967 114.4 +1.3 +1.11%
1966 113.2 +1.5 +1.39%
1965 111.6 +1 +0.86%
1964 110.7 +0.4 +0.37%
1963 110.3 +0.7 +0.61%
1962 109.6 +0.8 +0.71%
1961 108.8 +0.8 +0.75%
1960 108 — —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

SC Seychelles 39.9 MU Mauritius 40.2 DJ Djibouti 51 KE Kenya 64.7 RW Rwanda 69.6 SS South Sudan 69.7 KM Comoros 70.4 ER Eritrea 72 ET Ethiopia 72.6 MG Madagascar 73.6 MW Malawi 74.6 ZM Zambia 75.3 ZW Zimbabwe 78.1 UG Uganda 82.9 TZ Tanzania 83.1 BI Burundi 87 MZ Mozambique 88.3 SO Somalia 96.7
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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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