Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Mauritania

Age dependency ratio in Mauritania in 2025 — 83.9 per 100. Ranked 207 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 6.2%.

2025 83.9 per 100 −1.23% vs 2024
World rank 207of 217
Period maximum 95.8 per 1001980
Period minimum 79 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Mauritania, 1960–2025758085909510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 79 per 1001962: 79.2 per 1001964: 80.4 per 1001966: 83.3 per 1001968: 86.4 per 1001970: 89.3 per 1001972: 91.6 per 1001974: 93.4 per 1001976: 94.6 per 1001978: 95.4 per 1001980: 95.8 per 1001982: 95.6 per 1001984: 95.1 per 1001986: 94.5 per 1001988: 93.7 per 1001990: 94.1 per 1001992: 92.1 per 1001994: 89.9 per 1001996: 91.1 per 1001998: 91.1 per 1002000: 89.7 per 1002002: 89.6 per 1002004: 89.8 per 1002006: 90 per 1002008: 90.1 per 1002010: 90.2 per 1002012: 91.7 per 1002014: 91.8 per 1002016: 91.2 per 1002018: 90.3 per 1002020: 88.9 per 1002022: 87.1 per 1002024: 85 per 1002025: 83.9 per 100
Change over the period: +4.9 (+6.19%) Average annual rate: 0.09 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritania 83.9 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Western Africa computed 77.9 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 83.9 −1 −1.23%
2024 85 −1.1 −1.25%
2023 86.1 −1.1 −1.24%
2022 87.1 −1 −1.1%
2021 88.1 −0.9 −0.96%
2020 88.9 −0.7 −0.83%
2019 89.7 −0.6 −0.67%
2018 90.3 −0.5 −0.55%
2017 90.8 −0.4 −0.44%
2016 91.2 −0.3 −0.36%
2015 91.5 −0.3 −0.3%
2014 91.8 −0.2 −0.26%
2013 92 +0.4 +0.4%
2012 91.7 +0.9 +0.98%
2011 90.8 +0.6 +0.69%
2010 90.2 +0.2 +0.26%
2009 89.9 −0.2 −0.17%
2008 90.1 −0.1 −0.12%
2007 90.2 +0.1 +0.15%
2006 90 +0.1 +0.15%
2005 89.9 +0.1 +0.12%
2004 89.8 +0.1 +0.09%
2003 89.7 +0.1 +0.1%
2002 89.6 +0.1 +0.17%
2001 89.5 −0.3 −0.29%
2000 89.7 −0.8 −0.85%
1999 90.5 −0.6 −0.67%
1998 91.1 −0.4 −0.41%
1997 91.5 +0.4 +0.39%
1996 91.1 +1 +1.11%
1995 90.1 +0.2 +0.28%
1994 89.9 −0.6 −0.63%
1993 90.5 −1.6 −1.78%
1992 92.1 −1.6 −1.69%
1991 93.7 −0.4 −0.41%
1990 94.1 +0.2 +0.17%
1989 93.9 +0.2 +0.19%
1988 93.7 −0.4 −0.38%
1987 94.1 −0.4 −0.39%
1986 94.5 −0.4 −0.37%
1985 94.8 −0.3 −0.33%
1984 95.1 −0.3 −0.28%
1983 95.4 −0.2 −0.22%
1982 95.6 −0.1 −0.14%
1981 95.7 −0 −0.03%
1980 95.8 +0.1 +0.09%
1979 95.7 +0.2 +0.24%
1978 95.4 +0.4 +0.42%
1977 95 +0.5 +0.49%
1976 94.6 +0.5 +0.55%
1975 94.1 +0.7 +0.7%
1974 93.4 +0.8 +0.88%
1973 92.6 +1 +1.05%
1972 91.6 +1.1 +1.23%
1971 90.5 +1.3 +1.4%
1970 89.3 +1.4 +1.56%
1969 87.9 +1.5 +1.69%
1968 86.4 +1.5 +1.8%
1967 84.9 +1.6 +1.89%
1966 83.3 +1.6 +1.94%
1965 81.7 +1.4 +1.68%
1964 80.4 +0.8 +1.02%
1963 79.6 +0.4 +0.45%
1962 79.2 +0.1 +0.19%
1961 79.1 +0 +0.05%
1960 79

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.