Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Nepal

Age dependency ratio in Nepal in 2025 — 53.1 per 100. Ranked 90 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 31.5%.

2025 53.1 per 100 −1.12% vs 2024
World rank 90of 217
Period maximum 82.4 per 1001990
Period minimum 53.1 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Nepal, 1960–2025506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 77.5 per 1001962: 77.5 per 1001964: 77.1 per 1001966: 77 per 1001968: 77.1 per 1001970: 77.3 per 1001972: 77.8 per 1001974: 78.3 per 1001976: 78.9 per 1001978: 79.4 per 1001980: 79.8 per 1001982: 80.1 per 1001984: 80.5 per 1001986: 81.1 per 1001988: 82 per 1001990: 82.4 per 1001992: 82 per 1001994: 81.9 per 1001996: 82.3 per 1001998: 82 per 1002000: 81 per 1002002: 79.6 per 1002004: 77.5 per 1002006: 75.1 per 1002008: 72.2 per 1002010: 68.7 per 1002012: 65.9 per 1002014: 63.9 per 1002016: 61.6 per 1002018: 60.2 per 1002020: 56.7 per 1002022: 54.2 per 1002024: 53.7 per 1002025: 53.1 per 100
Change over the period: −24.4 (−31.5%) Average annual rate: -0.58 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Nepal 53.1 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
South Asia 47 per 100
Southern Asia computed 50.2 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 53.1 −0.6 −1.12%
2024 53.7 −0.3 −0.62%
2023 54 −0.1 −0.27%
2022 54.2 −0.8 −1.46%
2021 55 −1.7 −2.97%
2020 56.7 −2 −3.49%
2019 58.7 −1.5 −2.46%
2018 60.2 −0.7 −1.17%
2017 60.9 −0.7 −1.18%
2016 61.6 −1.1 −1.68%
2015 62.7 −1.2 −1.87%
2014 63.9 −1 −1.56%
2013 64.9 −1 −1.51%
2012 65.9 −1.2 −1.83%
2011 67.1 −1.6 −2.35%
2010 68.7 −1.8 −2.54%
2009 70.5 −1.7 −2.35%
2008 72.2 −1.5 −2.08%
2007 73.7 −1.4 −1.8%
2006 75.1 −1.3 −1.65%
2005 76.4 −1.2 −1.51%
2004 77.5 −1.1 −1.38%
2003 78.6 −1 −1.22%
2002 79.6 −0.8 −1.02%
2001 80.4 −0.6 −0.79%
2000 81 −0.5 −0.62%
1999 81.6 −0.4 −0.52%
1998 82 −0.3 −0.35%
1997 82.3 −0.1 −0.08%
1996 82.3 +0.2 +0.24%
1995 82.1 +0.2 +0.24%
1994 81.9 +0.1 +0.14%
1993 81.8 −0.2 −0.19%
1992 82 −0.3 −0.4%
1991 82.3 −0.1 −0.12%
1990 82.4 +0.1 +0.11%
1989 82.3 +0.4 +0.43%
1988 82 +0.5 +0.6%
1987 81.5 +0.4 +0.51%
1986 81.1 +0.3 +0.39%
1985 80.7 +0.3 +0.35%
1984 80.5 +0.2 +0.24%
1983 80.3 +0.2 +0.19%
1982 80.1 +0.2 +0.23%
1981 79.9 +0.2 +0.21%
1980 79.8 +0.2 +0.21%
1979 79.6 +0.2 +0.26%
1978 79.4 +0.2 +0.26%
1977 79.2 +0.3 +0.33%
1976 78.9 +0.3 +0.41%
1975 78.6 +0.3 +0.41%
1974 78.3 +0.3 +0.34%
1973 78 +0.2 +0.29%
1972 77.8 +0.3 +0.35%
1971 77.5 +0.2 +0.28%
1970 77.3 +0.1 +0.17%
1969 77.2 +0.1 +0.13%
1968 77.1 +0.1 +0.08%
1967 77 +0 +0.02%
1966 77 −0 −0.02%
1965 77 −0.1 −0.07%
1964 77.1 −0.2 −0.24%
1963 77.3 −0.2 −0.29%
1962 77.5 −0.1 −0.07%
1961 77.5 +0 +0.06%
1960 77.5

Southern Asia, 2025

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

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.