Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Namibia

Age dependency ratio in Namibia in 2025 — 67.9 per 100. Ranked 170 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 22.3%.

2025 67.9 per 100 −0.86% vs 2024
World rank 170of 217
Period maximum 105.4 per 1001982
Period minimum 66.8 per 1002015

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Namibia, 1960–20256070809010011019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 87.4 per 1001962: 88.4 per 1001964: 89.6 per 1001966: 90.6 per 1001968: 91.6 per 1001970: 92.5 per 1001972: 93.6 per 1001974: 94.9 per 1001976: 96.5 per 1001978: 99.8 per 1001980: 102.9 per 1001982: 105.4 per 1001984: 102.6 per 1001986: 98.9 per 1001988: 94.4 per 1001990: 84.4 per 1001992: 83.8 per 1001994: 83.4 per 1001996: 82.5 per 1001998: 81.7 per 1002000: 80.7 per 1002002: 78.9 per 1002004: 76 per 1002006: 72.2 per 1002008: 69.1 per 1002010: 67.3 per 1002012: 67 per 1002014: 66.8 per 1002016: 66.9 per 1002018: 67.8 per 1002020: 68.7 per 1002022: 69.5 per 1002024: 68.5 per 1002025: 67.9 per 100
Change over the period: −19.5 (−22.28%) Average annual rate: -0.39 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Namibia 67.9 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Southern Africa computed 50.1 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 45.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Namibia, by year Namibia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 67.9 −0.6 −0.86%
2024 68.5 −0.6 −0.87%
2023 69.1 −0.4 −0.55%
2022 69.5 +0.3 +0.4%
2021 69.2 +0.5 +0.77%
2020 68.7 +0.5 +0.7%
2019 68.2 +0.4 +0.66%
2018 67.8 +0.5 +0.71%
2017 67.3 +0.4 +0.54%
2016 66.9 +0.1 +0.19%
2015 66.8 −0.1 −0.1%
2014 66.8 −0.1 −0.18%
2013 67 −0.1 −0.09%
2012 67 −0 −0.07%
2011 67.1 −0.3 −0.4%
2010 67.3 −0.7 −0.98%
2009 68 −1.1 −1.53%
2008 69.1 −1.4 −1.98%
2007 70.5 −1.7 −2.38%
2006 72.2 −2 −2.68%
2005 74.2 −1.9 −2.45%
2004 76 −1.5 −1.98%
2003 77.6 −1.3 −1.68%
2002 78.9 −1.1 −1.31%
2001 79.9 −0.8 −0.97%
2000 80.7 −0.6 −0.68%
1999 81.3 −0.4 −0.5%
1998 81.7 −0.4 −0.45%
1997 82.1 −0.5 −0.56%
1996 82.5 −0.5 −0.61%
1995 83 −0.3 −0.4%
1994 83.4 −0.2 −0.26%
1993 83.6 −0.2 −0.24%
1992 83.8 −0.2 −0.23%
1991 84 −0.4 −0.49%
1990 84.4 −4.2 −4.79%
1989 88.6 −5.8 −6.12%
1988 94.4 −2.4 −2.45%
1987 96.8 −2.1 −2.11%
1986 98.9 −2 −1.98%
1985 100.9 −1.7 −1.67%
1984 102.6 −1.5 −1.44%
1983 104.1 −1.4 −1.29%
1982 105.4 +0.5 +0.45%
1981 105 +2.1 +2.02%
1980 102.9 +1.1 +1.09%
1979 101.8 +2 +2%
1978 99.8 +2.2 +2.3%
1977 97.5 +1 +1.08%
1976 96.5 +0.9 +0.97%
1975 95.6 +0.6 +0.67%
1974 94.9 +0.7 +0.73%
1973 94.2 +0.6 +0.68%
1972 93.6 +0.5 +0.58%
1971 93.1 +0.5 +0.56%
1970 92.5 +0.5 +0.51%
1969 92.1 +0.5 +0.53%
1968 91.6 +0.5 +0.54%
1967 91.1 +0.5 +0.54%
1966 90.6 +0.5 +0.6%
1965 90.1 +0.5 +0.53%
1964 89.6 +0.5 +0.6%
1963 89 +0.6 +0.68%
1962 88.4 +0.5 +0.59%
1961 87.9 +0.5 +0.62%
1960 87.4

Southern 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.