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Age dependency ratio — Somalia

Age dependency ratio in Somalia in 2025 — 96.7 per 100. Ranked 215 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 6.6%.

2025 96.7 per 100 −0.05% vs 2024
World rank 215of 217
Period maximum 105.7 per 1002008
Period minimum 90.7 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Somalia, 1960–2025909510010511019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 90.7 per 1001962: 92.6 per 1001964: 93.8 per 1001966: 93.2 per 1001968: 92.5 per 1001970: 92 per 1001972: 91.7 per 1001974: 91.4 per 1001976: 91.1 per 1001978: 91.4 per 1001980: 92.2 per 1001982: 93.3 per 1001984: 94.6 per 1001986: 96.1 per 1001988: 97.9 per 1001990: 100.3 per 1001992: 97.4 per 1001994: 97.2 per 1001996: 98.3 per 1001998: 99.1 per 1002000: 99.8 per 1002002: 100.6 per 1002004: 101.7 per 1002006: 104.4 per 1002008: 105.7 per 1002010: 104.6 per 1002012: 101 per 1002014: 100.3 per 1002016: 99.9 per 1002018: 99 per 1002020: 98.3 per 1002022: 97.5 per 1002024: 96.8 per 1002025: 96.7 per 100
Change over the period: +6 (+6.61%) Average annual rate: 0.1 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Somalia 96.7 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 — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 96.7 −0.1 −0.05%
2024 96.8 −0.2 −0.23%
2023 97 −0.5 −0.48%
2022 97.5 −0.5 −0.5%
2021 98 −0.3 −0.33%
2020 98.3 −0.3 −0.34%
2019 98.6 −0.4 −0.38%
2018 99 −0.5 −0.5%
2017 99.5 −0.4 −0.38%
2016 99.9 −0.2 −0.17%
2015 100.1 −0.2 −0.21%
2014 100.3 −0.3 −0.28%
2013 100.6 −0.5 −0.49%
2012 101 −1.7 −1.7%
2011 102.8 −1.8 −1.71%
2010 104.6 −0.6 −0.6%
2009 105.2 −0.5 −0.45%
2008 105.7 +0.1 +0.08%
2007 105.6 +1.1 +1.1%
2006 104.4 +1.6 +1.52%
2005 102.9 +1.2 +1.13%
2004 101.7 +0.7 +0.68%
2003 101.1 +0.5 +0.47%
2002 100.6 +0.4 +0.39%
2001 100.2 +0.4 +0.36%
2000 99.8 +0.4 +0.36%
1999 99.5 +0.4 +0.38%
1998 99.1 +0.4 +0.39%
1997 98.7 +0.4 +0.43%
1996 98.3 +0.5 +0.51%
1995 97.8 +0.6 +0.59%
1994 97.2 +0.6 +0.67%
1993 96.6 −0.8 −0.82%
1992 97.4 −2.4 −2.36%
1991 99.7 −0.5 −0.54%
1990 100.3 +1.2 +1.21%
1989 99.1 +1.2 +1.26%
1988 97.9 +1 +1.04%
1987 96.9 +0.8 +0.82%
1986 96.1 +0.7 +0.78%
1985 95.3 +0.7 +0.75%
1984 94.6 +0.7 +0.72%
1983 93.9 +0.6 +0.68%
1982 93.3 +0.6 +0.65%
1981 92.7 +0.5 +0.56%
1980 92.2 +0.4 +0.45%
1979 91.8 +0.4 +0.39%
1978 91.4 +0.3 +0.28%
1977 91.1 +0 +0.04%
1976 91.1 −0.1 −0.13%
1975 91.2 −0.2 −0.2%
1974 91.4 −0.1 −0.16%
1973 91.6 −0.1 −0.11%
1972 91.7 −0.1 −0.16%
1971 91.8 −0.2 −0.2%
1970 92 −0.2 −0.25%
1969 92.2 −0.3 −0.31%
1968 92.5 −0.3 −0.36%
1967 92.8 −0.4 −0.41%
1966 93.2 −0.4 −0.46%
1965 93.7 −0.1 −0.09%
1964 93.8 +0.5 +0.51%
1963 93.3 +0.7 +0.75%
1962 92.6 +0.8 +0.9%
1961 91.8 +1 +1.12%
1960 90.7 — —

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.

Other indicators for Somalia

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How many people of working age a country has by the international definition.

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The share of older people in the population — the main measure of a country's aging.

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The share of children and adolescents in the population — a measure of how young a country is.

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The number of people employed or actively looking for work — the economically active population.

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