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Age dependency ratio — Liberia

Age dependency ratio in Liberia in 2025 — 73.7 per 100. Ranked 188 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 6.1%.

2025 73.7 per 100 −1.7% vs 2024
World rank 188of 217
Period maximum 89.4 per 1001987
Period minimum 73.7 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Liberia, 1960–2025707580859019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 78.4 per 1001962: 78.9 per 1001964: 80.5 per 1001966: 82.1 per 1001968: 83.4 per 1001970: 84.5 per 1001972: 85.3 per 1001974: 86.1 per 1001976: 86.9 per 1001978: 87.7 per 1001980: 88.5 per 1001982: 89.2 per 1001984: 89.3 per 1001986: 89.4 per 1001988: 89.3 per 1001990: 89.1 per 1001992: 89 per 1001994: 88 per 1001996: 86.9 per 1001998: 86.2 per 1002000: 85.7 per 1002002: 85.5 per 1002004: 85.6 per 1002006: 86.2 per 1002008: 86.6 per 1002010: 86.4 per 1002012: 83.9 per 1002014: 84.1 per 1002016: 83.3 per 1002018: 82.3 per 1002020: 80.5 per 1002022: 77.7 per 1002024: 74.9 per 1002025: 73.7 per 100
Change over the period: −4.7 (−6.05%) Average annual rate: -0.1 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Liberia 73.7 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 — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 73.7 −1.3 −1.7%
2024 74.9 −1.4 −1.78%
2023 76.3 −1.4 −1.86%
2022 77.7 −1.4 −1.82%
2021 79.2 −1.3 −1.64%
2020 80.5 −1.1 −1.32%
2019 81.6 −0.7 −0.91%
2018 82.3 −0.6 −0.68%
2017 82.9 −0.4 −0.51%
2016 83.3 −0.5 −0.54%
2015 83.8 −0.3 −0.4%
2014 84.1 −0 −0.04%
2013 84.1 +0.2 +0.3%
2012 83.9 −1 −1.23%
2011 84.9 −1.4 −1.67%
2010 86.4 −0.1 −0.07%
2009 86.4 −0.1 −0.13%
2008 86.6 +0 +0.02%
2007 86.5 +0.4 +0.42%
2006 86.2 +0.3 +0.39%
2005 85.8 +0.2 +0.27%
2004 85.6 +0.1 +0.13%
2003 85.5 +0 +0.01%
2002 85.5 −0.1 −0.1%
2001 85.6 −0.2 −0.19%
2000 85.7 −0.2 −0.23%
1999 85.9 −0.2 −0.28%
1998 86.2 −0.3 −0.34%
1997 86.5 −0.4 −0.48%
1996 86.9 −0.5 −0.56%
1995 87.4 −0.6 −0.67%
1994 88 −0.6 −0.66%
1993 88.5 −0.5 −0.51%
1992 89 −0.3 −0.39%
1991 89.3 +0.2 +0.28%
1990 89.1 +0.1 +0.13%
1989 89 −0.3 −0.35%
1988 89.3 −0.2 −0.17%
1987 89.4 +0 +0.03%
1986 89.4 +0.1 +0.1%
1985 89.3 +0 +0.04%
1984 89.3 −0 −0.01%
1983 89.3 +0.1 +0.16%
1982 89.2 +0.3 +0.38%
1981 88.8 +0.3 +0.39%
1980 88.5 +0.4 +0.41%
1979 88.1 +0.4 +0.44%
1978 87.7 +0.4 +0.41%
1977 87.4 +0.4 +0.48%
1976 86.9 +0.5 +0.53%
1975 86.5 +0.4 +0.48%
1974 86.1 +0.4 +0.46%
1973 85.7 +0.4 +0.44%
1972 85.3 +0.4 +0.45%
1971 84.9 +0.4 +0.5%
1970 84.5 +0.5 +0.59%
1969 84 +0.6 +0.71%
1968 83.4 +0.6 +0.76%
1967 82.8 +0.7 +0.83%
1966 82.1 +0.7 +0.89%
1965 81.4 +0.8 +1.05%
1964 80.5 +0.9 +1.13%
1963 79.6 +0.7 +0.87%
1962 78.9 +0.4 +0.49%
1961 78.5 +0.1 +0.19%
1960 78.4 — —

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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