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Age dependency ratio — South Sudan

Age dependency ratio in South Sudan in 2025 — 69.7 per 100. Ranked 176 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 16.4%.

2025 69.7 per 100 −3.43% vs 2024
World rank 176of 217
Period maximum 97.3 per 1001987
Period minimum 69.7 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — South Sudan, 1960–20256070809010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 83.3 per 1001962: 83.3 per 1001964: 84.2 per 1001966: 85.6 per 1001968: 86.8 per 1001970: 88 per 1001972: 89 per 1001974: 89.9 per 1001976: 90.9 per 1001978: 91.9 per 1001980: 93.2 per 1001982: 94.5 per 1001984: 95.7 per 1001986: 96.7 per 1001988: 94.3 per 1001990: 91.5 per 1001992: 92 per 1001994: 93 per 1001996: 93.8 per 1001998: 93.2 per 1002000: 92 per 1002002: 93 per 1002004: 93.2 per 1002006: 89.9 per 1002008: 86.3 per 1002010: 82.9 per 1002012: 80.1 per 1002014: 81.9 per 1002016: 86.1 per 1002018: 90.4 per 1002020: 82.2 per 1002022: 77.6 per 1002024: 72.1 per 1002025: 69.7 per 100
Change over the period: −13.6 (−16.37%) Average annual rate: -0.27 %

Comparison, 2025

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

South Sudan 69.7 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 — South Sudan, by year South Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 69.7 −2.5 −3.43%
2024 72.1 −2.6 −3.44%
2023 74.7 −2.9 −3.7%
2022 77.6 −2.3 −2.83%
2021 79.8 −2.4 −2.88%
2020 82.2 −3.6 −4.21%
2019 85.8 −4.5 −5.03%
2018 90.4 −0.4 −0.4%
2017 90.7 +4.6 +5.38%
2016 86.1 +2.2 +2.64%
2015 83.9 +2 +2.43%
2014 81.9 +1.9 +2.44%
2013 79.9 −0.1 −0.19%
2012 80.1 −0.8 −0.98%
2011 80.9 −2 −2.4%
2010 82.9 −2 −2.39%
2009 84.9 −1.4 −1.61%
2008 86.3 −1.7 −1.97%
2007 88 −1.9 −2.08%
2006 89.9 −1.8 −1.94%
2005 91.7 −1.6 −1.67%
2004 93.2 −0.5 −0.54%
2003 93.7 +0.8 +0.83%
2002 93 +0.8 +0.86%
2001 92.2 +0.2 +0.19%
2000 92 −0.3 −0.28%
1999 92.3 −1 −1.06%
1998 93.2 −0.9 −0.92%
1997 94.1 +0.3 +0.28%
1996 93.8 +0.6 +0.61%
1995 93.3 +0.3 +0.3%
1994 93 +0.4 +0.38%
1993 92.6 +0.6 +0.69%
1992 92 +0.4 +0.43%
1991 91.6 +0.2 +0.17%
1990 91.5 +0.3 +0.38%
1989 91.1 −3.2 −3.39%
1988 94.3 −3 −3.08%
1987 97.3 +0.6 +0.62%
1986 96.7 +0.4 +0.43%
1985 96.3 +0.6 +0.58%
1984 95.7 +0.6 +0.67%
1983 95.1 +0.6 +0.66%
1982 94.5 +0.6 +0.68%
1981 93.8 +0.7 +0.72%
1980 93.2 +0.6 +0.68%
1979 92.5 +0.6 +0.65%
1978 91.9 +0.6 +0.63%
1977 91.4 +0.5 +0.57%
1976 90.9 +0.5 +0.53%
1975 90.4 +0.5 +0.5%
1974 89.9 +0.5 +0.51%
1973 89.5 +0.5 +0.54%
1972 89 +0.5 +0.58%
1971 88.5 +0.5 +0.6%
1970 88 +0.5 +0.63%
1969 87.4 +0.6 +0.66%
1968 86.8 +0.6 +0.71%
1967 86.2 +0.6 +0.76%
1966 85.6 +0.7 +0.79%
1965 84.9 +0.7 +0.86%
1964 84.2 +0.6 +0.71%
1963 83.6 +0.3 +0.34%
1962 83.3 +0.1 +0.07%
1961 83.2 −0.1 −0.07%
1960 83.3 — —

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.

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