Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Qatar

Age dependency ratio in Qatar in 2025 — 20 per 100. Ranked 1 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 78%.

2025 20 per 100 −0.33% vs 2024
World rank 1of 217
Period maximum 90.9 per 1001960
Period minimum 17.3 per 1002010

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Qatar, 1960–2025025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 90.9 per 1001962: 77.4 per 1001964: 67 per 1001966: 61.4 per 1001968: 58 per 1001970: 59.8 per 1001972: 65.4 per 1001974: 62.5 per 1001976: 56.6 per 1001978: 50.5 per 1001980: 45.5 per 1001982: 42.3 per 1001984: 40.2 per 1001986: 38.9 per 1001988: 39.4 per 1001990: 39 per 1001992: 38.3 per 1001994: 37.8 per 1001996: 37.3 per 1001998: 35.3 per 1002000: 32.8 per 1002002: 31.1 per 1002004: 30.5 per 1002006: 27.1 per 1002008: 18.4 per 1002010: 17.3 per 1002012: 18.4 per 1002014: 18.3 per 1002016: 17.4 per 1002018: 17.8 per 1002020: 20 per 1002022: 20 per 1002024: 20.1 per 1002025: 20 per 100
Change over the period: −70.9 (−77.95%) Average annual rate: -2.3 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Qatar 20 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Western Asia computed 52.2 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Qatar, by year Qatar All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 20 −0.1 −0.33%
2024 20.1 +0 +0.1%
2023 20.1 +0.1 +0.68%
2022 20 −0.3 −1.48%
2021 20.3 +0.3 +1.46%
2020 20 +1.3 +6.99%
2019 18.7 +0.9 +4.94%
2018 17.8 +0.3 +1.9%
2017 17.5 +0.1 +0.56%
2016 17.4 −0.3 −1.65%
2015 17.6 −0.6 −3.53%
2014 18.3 −0.4 −2.02%
2013 18.7 +0.3 +1.59%
2012 18.4 +0.6 +3.39%
2011 17.8 +0.5 +2.74%
2010 17.3 −0.2 −1.42%
2009 17.6 −0.9 −4.79%
2008 18.4 −2.7 −12.72%
2007 21.1 −6 −22.01%
2006 27.1 −3.9 −12.73%
2005 31 +0.6 +1.82%
2004 30.5 +0 +0.05%
2003 30.5 −0.7 −2.12%
2002 31.1 −0.8 −2.4%
2001 31.9 −0.9 −2.88%
2000 32.8 −1.1 −3.37%
1999 34 −1.3 −3.67%
1998 35.3 −1.3 −3.44%
1997 36.5 −0.8 −2.02%
1996 37.3 −0.3 −0.75%
1995 37.6 −0.2 −0.64%
1994 37.8 −0.3 −0.66%
1993 38.1 −0.3 −0.74%
1992 38.3 −0.3 −0.83%
1991 38.7 −0.3 −0.84%
1990 39 −0.3 −0.71%
1989 39.3 −0.1 −0.35%
1988 39.4 +0.1 +0.33%
1987 39.3 +0.3 +0.9%
1986 38.9 −0.3 −0.66%
1985 39.2 −1 −2.43%
1984 40.2 −1 −2.48%
1983 41.2 −1.1 −2.69%
1982 42.3 −1.4 −3.2%
1981 43.7 −1.8 −3.99%
1980 45.5 −2.3 −4.79%
1979 47.8 −2.7 −5.32%
1978 50.5 −3 −5.55%
1977 53.5 −3.1 −5.49%
1976 56.6 −3.1 −5.2%
1975 59.7 −2.8 −4.55%
1974 62.5 −2.1 −3.27%
1973 64.7 −0.7 −1.12%
1972 65.4 +1.4 +2.14%
1971 64 +4.2 +7.03%
1970 59.8 +2.7 +4.79%
1969 57.1 −0.9 −1.64%
1968 58 −1.4 −2.4%
1967 59.5 −1.9 −3.13%
1966 61.4 −2.4 −3.83%
1965 63.8 −3.2 −4.79%
1964 67 −4.5 −6.26%
1963 71.5 −5.9 −7.56%
1962 77.4 −7.2 −8.48%
1961 84.5 −6.4 −7.05%
1960 90.9

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.