Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Sierra Leone

Age dependency ratio in Sierra Leone in 2025 — 69.3 per 100. Ranked 174 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 4.5%.

2025 69.3 per 100 −1.63% vs 2024
World rank 174of 217
Period maximum 90.1 per 1002001
Period minimum 69.3 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Sierra Leone, 1960–20256070809010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 72.5 per 1001962: 73.1 per 1001964: 74.8 per 1001966: 76.7 per 1001968: 78.5 per 1001970: 80.1 per 1001972: 81.5 per 1001974: 82.7 per 1001976: 83.8 per 1001978: 84.7 per 1001980: 85.4 per 1001982: 86.1 per 1001984: 86.7 per 1001986: 87.3 per 1001988: 87.9 per 1001990: 88.2 per 1001992: 88.6 per 1001994: 88.9 per 1001996: 89.3 per 1001998: 89.6 per 1002000: 90 per 1002002: 90 per 1002004: 89.7 per 1002006: 89 per 1002008: 88 per 1002010: 86.9 per 1002012: 85.4 per 1002014: 83.1 per 1002016: 80.4 per 1002018: 77.7 per 1002020: 75.3 per 1002022: 72.9 per 1002024: 70.4 per 1002025: 69.3 per 100
Change over the period: −3.2 (−4.47%) Average annual rate: -0.07 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Sierra Leone 69.3 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Western Africa computed 77.9 per 100
Low-income countries computed 79.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 69.3 −1.1 −1.63%
2024 70.4 −1.2 −1.66%
2023 71.6 −1.2 −1.68%
2022 72.9 −1.2 −1.65%
2021 74.1 −1.2 −1.6%
2020 75.3 −1.2 −1.56%
2019 76.5 −1.2 −1.61%
2018 77.7 −1.3 −1.7%
2017 79.1 −1.4 −1.69%
2016 80.4 −1.3 −1.65%
2015 81.8 −1.3 −1.6%
2014 83.1 −1.2 −1.47%
2013 84.3 −1 −1.19%
2012 85.4 −0.8 −0.95%
2011 86.2 −0.7 −0.8%
2010 86.9 −0.6 −0.68%
2009 87.5 −0.6 −0.63%
2008 88 −0.5 −0.58%
2007 88.5 −0.5 −0.51%
2006 89 −0.4 −0.44%
2005 89.4 −0.3 −0.38%
2004 89.7 −0.2 −0.25%
2003 89.9 −0.1 −0.12%
2002 90 −0 −0.03%
2001 90.1 +0 +0.03%
2000 90 +0.2 +0.21%
1999 89.9 +0.3 +0.29%
1998 89.6 +0.2 +0.18%
1997 89.4 +0.2 +0.17%
1996 89.3 +0.2 +0.19%
1995 89.1 +0.2 +0.2%
1994 88.9 +0.2 +0.21%
1993 88.7 +0.2 +0.21%
1992 88.6 +0.2 +0.21%
1991 88.4 +0.2 +0.18%
1990 88.2 +0.2 +0.17%
1989 88.1 +0.2 +0.23%
1988 87.9 +0.3 +0.31%
1987 87.6 +0.3 +0.34%
1986 87.3 +0.3 +0.35%
1985 87 +0.3 +0.36%
1984 86.7 +0.3 +0.37%
1983 86.4 +0.3 +0.35%
1982 86.1 +0.3 +0.36%
1981 85.7 +0.3 +0.38%
1980 85.4 +0.3 +0.41%
1979 85.1 +0.4 +0.45%
1978 84.7 +0.4 +0.5%
1977 84.3 +0.5 +0.55%
1976 83.8 +0.5 +0.61%
1975 83.3 +0.6 +0.7%
1974 82.7 +0.6 +0.75%
1973 82.1 +0.6 +0.77%
1972 81.5 +0.7 +0.82%
1971 80.8 +0.7 +0.89%
1970 80.1 +0.8 +0.96%
1969 79.3 +0.8 +1.05%
1968 78.5 +0.9 +1.14%
1967 77.6 +0.9 +1.15%
1966 76.7 +0.9 +1.15%
1965 75.9 +1 +1.4%
1964 74.8 +1.1 +1.47%
1963 73.7 +0.6 +0.87%
1962 73.1 +0.3 +0.44%
1961 72.8 +0.2 +0.32%
1960 72.5

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.