Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Middle East & North Africa

Age dependency ratio in Middle East & North Africa in 2025 — 59.6 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 29.5%.

2025 59.6 per 100 −1.21% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 90.8 per 1001972
Period minimum 59.6 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Middle East & North Africa, 1960–2025506070809010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 84.6 per 1001962: 86.2 per 1001964: 88 per 1001966: 89.4 per 1001968: 90.3 per 1001970: 90.7 per 1001972: 90.8 per 1001974: 90.5 per 1001976: 90.5 per 1001978: 90.1 per 1001980: 89.3 per 1001982: 88.1 per 1001984: 88.2 per 1001986: 88.2 per 1001988: 88 per 1001990: 87.5 per 1001992: 86.6 per 1001994: 85.6 per 1001996: 83.2 per 1001998: 80 per 1002000: 76.6 per 1002002: 73.5 per 1002004: 70.6 per 1002006: 67.7 per 1002008: 65.3 per 1002010: 64 per 1002012: 63.5 per 1002014: 63.6 per 1002016: 63.6 per 1002018: 63.4 per 1002020: 62.8 per 1002022: 61.7 per 1002024: 60.4 per 1002025: 59.6 per 100
Change over the period: −24.9 (−29.48%) Average annual rate: -0.54 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 59.6 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 59.6 −0.7 −1.21%
2024 60.4 −0.7 −1.14%
2023 61.1 −0.7 −1.09%
2022 61.7 −0.7 −1.08%
2021 62.4 −0.4 −0.69%
2020 62.8 −0.4 −0.58%
2019 63.2 −0.2 −0.36%
2018 63.4 −0.1 −0.12%
2017 63.5 −0 −0.07%
2016 63.6 −0.1 −0.1%
2015 63.6 +0 +0.01%
2014 63.6 +0.1 +0.15%
2013 63.5 +0 +0.01%
2012 63.5 −0.2 −0.25%
2011 63.7 −0.4 −0.55%
2010 64 −0.5 −0.79%
2009 64.5 −0.7 −1.11%
2008 65.3 −1.1 −1.62%
2007 66.3 −1.4 −2.06%
2006 67.7 −1.4 −2.03%
2005 69.1 −1.5 −2.08%
2004 70.6 −1.5 −2.11%
2003 72.1 −1.4 −1.89%
2002 73.5 −1.4 −1.93%
2001 75 −1.7 −2.2%
2000 76.6 −1.7 −2.17%
1999 78.4 −1.7 −2.09%
1998 80 −1.7 −2.03%
1997 81.7 −1.5 −1.83%
1996 83.2 −1.3 −1.59%
1995 84.5 −1.1 −1.29%
1994 85.6 −0.6 −0.74%
1993 86.3 −0.3 −0.32%
1992 86.6 −0.4 −0.43%
1991 86.9 −0.6 −0.68%
1990 87.5 −0.4 −0.4%
1989 87.9 −0.1 −0.16%
1988 88 −0.1 −0.12%
1987 88.1 −0.1 −0.11%
1986 88.2 −0 −0.04%
1985 88.3 +0.1 +0.11%
1984 88.2 +0.1 +0.13%
1983 88.1 −0.1 −0.06%
1982 88.1 −0.5 −0.54%
1981 88.6 −0.7 −0.8%
1980 89.3 −0.5 −0.51%
1979 89.8 −0.3 −0.35%
1978 90.1 −0.3 −0.31%
1977 90.4 −0.1 −0.13%
1976 90.5 +0 +0.03%
1975 90.5 −0.1 −0.08%
1974 90.5 −0.1 −0.16%
1973 90.7 −0.1 −0.07%
1972 90.8 +0 +0.02%
1971 90.7 +0.1 +0.08%
1970 90.7 +0.1 +0.16%
1969 90.5 +0.2 +0.27%
1968 90.3 +0.4 +0.43%
1967 89.9 +0.5 +0.6%
1966 89.4 +0.7 +0.74%
1965 88.7 +0.7 +0.84%
1964 88 +0.8 +0.97%
1963 87.1 +0.9 +1.02%
1962 86.2 +0.8 +0.96%
1961 85.4 +0.8 +1%
1960 84.6

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.