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Age dependency ratio — Mozambique

Age dependency ratio in Mozambique in 2025 — 88.3 per 100. Ranked 209 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 12.2%.

2025 88.3 per 100 −1.32% vs 2024
World rank 209of 217
Period maximum 96.1 per 1001985
Period minimum 78.8 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Mozambique, 1960–2025758085909510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 78.8 per 1001962: 80 per 1001964: 81.6 per 1001966: 83.3 per 1001968: 84.8 per 1001970: 86 per 1001972: 87.2 per 1001974: 88.2 per 1001976: 89.3 per 1001978: 91 per 1001980: 93.6 per 1001982: 95.6 per 1001984: 96.1 per 1001986: 96.1 per 1001988: 95.8 per 1001990: 94.9 per 1001992: 94.2 per 1001994: 92.8 per 1001996: 91.1 per 1001998: 91 per 1002000: 91.4 per 1002002: 91.9 per 1002004: 92.2 per 1002006: 92.5 per 1002008: 93 per 1002010: 94 per 1002012: 94.4 per 1002014: 94.2 per 1002016: 93.6 per 1002018: 92.9 per 1002020: 92.3 per 1002022: 91.3 per 1002024: 89.5 per 1002025: 88.3 per 100
Change over the period: +9.6 (+12.16%) Average annual rate: 0.18 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Mozambique 88.3 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Eastern Africa computed 76.8 per 100
Low-income countries computed 79.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 88.3 −1.2 −1.32%
2024 89.5 −1 −1.15%
2023 90.6 −0.7 −0.82%
2022 91.3 −0.5 −0.57%
2021 91.8 −0.5 −0.5%
2020 92.3 −0.4 −0.4%
2019 92.7 −0.3 −0.28%
2018 92.9 −0.3 −0.34%
2017 93.2 −0.4 −0.39%
2016 93.6 −0.3 −0.34%
2015 93.9 −0.3 −0.3%
2014 94.2 −0.2 −0.18%
2013 94.4 −0 −0.02%
2012 94.4 +0.1 +0.08%
2011 94.3 +0.3 +0.33%
2010 94 +0.5 +0.56%
2009 93.5 +0.5 +0.54%
2008 93 +0.3 +0.37%
2007 92.6 +0.2 +0.2%
2006 92.5 +0.1 +0.12%
2005 92.4 +0.1 +0.14%
2004 92.2 +0.2 +0.16%
2003 92.1 +0.2 +0.18%
2002 91.9 +0.2 +0.24%
2001 91.7 +0.3 +0.29%
2000 91.4 +0.3 +0.3%
1999 91.1 +0.2 +0.2%
1998 91 +0.1 +0.1%
1997 90.9 −0.3 −0.29%
1996 91.1 −0.8 −0.85%
1995 91.9 −0.9 −0.94%
1994 92.8 −0.8 −0.85%
1993 93.6 −0.6 −0.6%
1992 94.2 −0.4 −0.39%
1991 94.5 −0.4 −0.38%
1990 94.9 −0.4 −0.45%
1989 95.3 −0.5 −0.49%
1988 95.8 −0.3 −0.29%
1987 96.1 −0 −0.04%
1986 96.1 −0 −0.04%
1985 96.1 +0 +0.03%
1984 96.1 +0.2 +0.16%
1983 96 +0.4 +0.37%
1982 95.6 +0.7 +0.79%
1981 94.9 +1.3 +1.35%
1980 93.6 +1.4 +1.55%
1979 92.2 +1.2 +1.3%
1978 91 +0.9 +1.03%
1977 90.1 +0.8 +0.84%
1976 89.3 +0.6 +0.69%
1975 88.7 +0.5 +0.56%
1974 88.2 +0.5 +0.55%
1973 87.7 +0.5 +0.59%
1972 87.2 +0.6 +0.66%
1971 86.6 +0.6 +0.71%
1970 86 +0.6 +0.71%
1969 85.4 +0.6 +0.76%
1968 84.8 +0.7 +0.85%
1967 84.1 +0.8 +0.93%
1966 83.3 +0.8 +1.03%
1965 82.4 +0.9 +1.08%
1964 81.6 +0.8 +0.98%
1963 80.8 +0.7 +0.93%
1962 80 +0.7 +0.94%
1961 79.3 +0.5 +0.68%
1960 78.8 — —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SC Seychelles 39.9 MU Mauritius 40.2 DJ Djibouti 51 KE Kenya 64.7 RW Rwanda 69.6 SS South Sudan 69.7 KM Comoros 70.4 ER Eritrea 72 ET Ethiopia 72.6 MG Madagascar 73.6 MW Malawi 74.6 ZM Zambia 75.3 ZW Zimbabwe 78.1 UG Uganda 82.9 TZ Tanzania 83.1 BI Burundi 87 MZ Mozambique 88.3 SO Somalia 96.7
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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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