Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Mauritius

Age dependency ratio in Mauritius in 2025 — 40.2 per 100. Ranked 18 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 56.5%.

2025 40.2 per 100 +1.56% vs 2024
World rank 18of 217
Period maximum 93.6 per 1001963
Period minimum 38.4 per 1002015

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Mauritius, 1960–20252040608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 92.4 per 1001962: 93.4 per 1001964: 92.8 per 1001966: 90 per 1001968: 86.6 per 1001970: 82.5 per 1001972: 77.8 per 1001974: 72.5 per 1001976: 68 per 1001978: 64.2 per 1001980: 61.1 per 1001982: 58.9 per 1001984: 57.1 per 1001986: 56 per 1001988: 55.1 per 1001990: 54.1 per 1001992: 52.8 per 1001994: 51.1 per 1001996: 49 per 1001998: 47.3 per 1002000: 46.4 per 1002002: 45.6 per 1002004: 44.4 per 1002006: 42.8 per 1002008: 40.9 per 1002010: 39.4 per 1002012: 38.5 per 1002014: 38.4 per 1002016: 38.5 per 1002018: 38.5 per 1002020: 38.4 per 1002022: 38.6 per 1002024: 39.5 per 1002025: 40.2 per 100
Change over the period: −52.2 (−56.52%) Average annual rate: -1.27 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritius 40.2 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Eastern Africa computed 76.8 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 45.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 40.2 +0.6 +1.56%
2024 39.5 +0.5 +1.35%
2023 39 +0.4 +0.97%
2022 38.6 +0.2 +0.44%
2021 38.5 +0.1 +0.14%
2020 38.4 −0 −0.06%
2019 38.4 −0.1 −0.14%
2018 38.5 −0 −0.05%
2017 38.5 +0 +0.13%
2016 38.5 +0.1 +0.18%
2015 38.4 −0 −0.04%
2014 38.4 −0 −0.08%
2013 38.4 −0.1 −0.19%
2012 38.5 −0.4 −0.91%
2011 38.9 −0.6 −1.44%
2010 39.4 −0.7 −1.67%
2009 40.1 −0.8 −2%
2008 40.9 −1 −2.28%
2007 41.9 −1 −2.27%
2006 42.8 −0.9 −1.98%
2005 43.7 −0.7 −1.61%
2004 44.4 −0.6 −1.35%
2003 45 −0.5 −1.15%
2002 45.6 −0.4 −0.97%
2001 46 −0.4 −0.87%
2000 46.4 −0.4 −0.79%
1999 46.8 −0.5 −1.15%
1998 47.3 −0.8 −1.61%
1997 48.1 −0.9 −1.87%
1996 49 −1 −2.08%
1995 50.1 −1 −2.04%
1994 51.1 −0.9 −1.8%
1993 52 −0.8 −1.51%
1992 52.8 −0.7 −1.25%
1991 53.5 −0.5 −1.02%
1990 54.1 −0.5 −0.91%
1989 54.6 −0.5 −0.94%
1988 55.1 −0.5 −0.86%
1987 55.6 −0.4 −0.8%
1986 56 −0.5 −0.86%
1985 56.5 −0.6 −1.11%
1984 57.1 −0.8 −1.43%
1983 57.9 −1 −1.62%
1982 58.9 −1 −1.73%
1981 59.9 −1.2 −1.96%
1980 61.1 −1.4 −2.24%
1979 62.5 −1.6 −2.54%
1978 64.2 −1.9 −2.8%
1977 66 −2 −2.98%
1976 68 −2.2 −3.09%
1975 70.2 −2.3 −3.22%
1974 72.5 −2.6 −3.44%
1973 75.1 −2.7 −3.47%
1972 77.8 −2.5 −3.09%
1971 80.3 −2.2 −2.7%
1970 82.5 −2.1 −2.46%
1969 84.6 −1.9 −2.22%
1968 86.6 −1.8 −2.03%
1967 88.3 −1.7 −1.88%
1966 90 −1.5 −1.66%
1965 91.6 −1.2 −1.32%
1964 92.8 −0.8 −0.86%
1963 93.6 +0.1 +0.16%
1962 93.4 +0.9 +0.93%
1961 92.6 +0.2 +0.24%
1960 92.4

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.