Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Libya

Age dependency ratio in Libya in 2025 — 47.1 per 100. Ranked 51 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 48.7%.

2025 47.1 per 100 −1.78% vs 2024
World rank 51of 217
Period maximum 118.3 per 1001970
Period minimum 47.1 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Libya, 1960–202540608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 92 per 1001962: 95.7 per 1001964: 99.5 per 1001966: 108.6 per 1001968: 116.5 per 1001970: 118.3 per 1001972: 117.9 per 1001974: 109.4 per 1001976: 105.4 per 1001978: 102.3 per 1001980: 100.4 per 1001982: 98.6 per 1001984: 94.7 per 1001986: 90.1 per 1001988: 85.4 per 1001990: 80.1 per 1001992: 74.3 per 1001994: 68.2 per 1001996: 62.6 per 1001998: 58.2 per 1002000: 55.4 per 1002002: 54.5 per 1002004: 54.1 per 1002006: 53.6 per 1002008: 52.2 per 1002010: 51.4 per 1002012: 56 per 1002014: 55.2 per 1002016: 54.8 per 1002018: 53.6 per 1002020: 51.8 per 1002022: 49.8 per 1002024: 48 per 1002025: 47.1 per 100
Change over the period: −44.8 (−48.75%) Average annual rate: -1.02 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Libya 47.1 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Northern Africa computed 60.1 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 45.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Libya, by year Libya All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 47.1 −0.9 −1.78%
2024 48 −0.9 −1.84%
2023 48.9 −0.9 −1.88%
2022 49.8 −1 −1.88%
2021 50.8 −1 −1.89%
2020 51.8 −0.9 −1.75%
2019 52.7 −0.9 −1.62%
2018 53.6 −0.8 −1.39%
2017 54.3 −0.5 −0.91%
2016 54.8 −0.2 −0.43%
2015 55 −0.1 −0.24%
2014 55.2 −0.3 −0.6%
2013 55.5 −0.5 −0.84%
2012 56 +2.4 +4.43%
2011 53.6 +2.2 +4.34%
2010 51.4 −0.3 −0.6%
2009 51.7 −0.5 −0.97%
2008 52.2 −0.6 −1.17%
2007 52.8 −0.7 −1.39%
2006 53.6 −0.5 −0.85%
2005 54 −0.1 −0.11%
2004 54.1 −0.2 −0.28%
2003 54.2 −0.3 −0.5%
2002 54.5 −0.4 −0.67%
2001 54.9 −0.5 −0.92%
2000 55.4 −1.1 −2.03%
1999 56.5 −1.7 −2.95%
1998 58.2 −2 −3.28%
1997 60.2 −2.4 −3.81%
1996 62.6 −2.7 −4.13%
1995 65.3 −2.9 −4.31%
1994 68.2 −3 −4.28%
1993 71.3 −3 −4.09%
1992 74.3 −2.9 −3.82%
1991 77.3 −2.8 −3.53%
1990 80.1 −2.7 −3.27%
1989 82.8 −2.6 −2.99%
1988 85.4 −2.4 −2.72%
1987 87.8 −2.3 −2.57%
1986 90.1 −2.3 −2.5%
1985 92.4 −2.3 −2.46%
1984 94.7 −2.3 −2.38%
1983 97 −1.6 −1.62%
1982 98.6 −0.9 −0.91%
1981 99.5 −0.9 −0.92%
1980 100.4 −1 −0.95%
1979 101.4 −0.9 −0.89%
1978 102.3 −1.3 −1.23%
1977 103.6 −1.8 −1.69%
1976 105.4 −1.9 −1.79%
1975 107.3 −2.1 −1.91%
1974 109.4 −4.6 −4%
1973 113.9 −4 −3.38%
1972 117.9 −0.2 −0.16%
1971 118.1 −0.2 −0.19%
1970 118.3 +0.1 +0.09%
1969 118.2 +1.7 +1.49%
1968 116.5 +3.3 +2.92%
1967 113.2 +4.6 +4.23%
1966 108.6 +5.5 +5.29%
1965 103.1 +3.6 +3.6%
1964 99.5 +1.8 +1.81%
1963 97.8 +2.1 +2.14%
1962 95.7 +1.9 +2.03%
1961 93.8 +1.8 +2%
1960 92

Northern Africa, 2025

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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.