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Age dependency ratio — Sub-Saharan Africa

Age dependency ratio in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 — 78.1 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 8.9%.

2025 78.1 per 100 −1.19% vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 95.1 per 1001984
Period minimum 78.1 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1960–2025758085909510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 85.7 per 1001962: 86.5 per 1001964: 87.6 per 1001966: 88.7 per 1001968: 89.7 per 1001970: 90.7 per 1001972: 91.8 per 1001974: 92.7 per 1001976: 93.4 per 1001978: 94.1 per 1001980: 94.6 per 1001982: 95 per 1001984: 95.1 per 1001986: 95 per 1001988: 94.8 per 1001990: 94.4 per 1001992: 93.9 per 1001994: 93.3 per 1001996: 93 per 1001998: 92.6 per 1002000: 91.7 per 1002002: 91 per 1002004: 90.5 per 1002006: 90.1 per 1002008: 89.7 per 1002010: 89.1 per 1002012: 88.3 per 1002014: 87.4 per 1002016: 86.2 per 1002018: 84.6 per 1002020: 82.8 per 1002022: 80.9 per 1002024: 79 per 1002025: 78.1 per 100
Change over the period: −7.7 (−8.93%) Average annual rate: -0.14 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 78.1 −0.9 −1.19%
2024 79 −1 −1.19%
2023 80 −1 −1.18%
2022 80.9 −0.9 −1.14%
2021 81.9 −0.9 −1.14%
2020 82.8 −0.9 −1.08%
2019 83.7 −0.8 −1%
2018 84.6 −0.8 −0.98%
2017 85.4 −0.8 −0.87%
2016 86.2 −0.7 −0.75%
2015 86.8 −0.6 −0.64%
2014 87.4 −0.5 −0.55%
2013 87.9 −0.4 −0.5%
2012 88.3 −0.4 −0.46%
2011 88.7 −0.4 −0.44%
2010 89.1 −0.3 −0.35%
2009 89.4 −0.3 −0.31%
2008 89.7 −0.2 −0.26%
2007 89.9 −0.2 −0.17%
2006 90.1 −0.2 −0.17%
2005 90.2 −0.2 −0.24%
2004 90.5 −0.3 −0.3%
2003 90.7 −0.3 −0.33%
2002 91 −0.3 −0.36%
2001 91.4 −0.4 −0.39%
2000 91.7 −0.4 −0.43%
1999 92.1 −0.5 −0.51%
1998 92.6 −0.4 −0.39%
1997 93 −0 −0.02%
1996 93 +0 +0.01%
1995 93 −0.3 −0.33%
1994 93.3 −0.4 −0.42%
1993 93.7 −0.2 −0.24%
1992 93.9 −0.2 −0.25%
1991 94.1 −0.3 −0.3%
1990 94.4 −0.2 −0.23%
1989 94.6 −0.2 −0.19%
1988 94.8 −0.1 −0.13%
1987 94.9 −0.1 −0.07%
1986 95 −0.1 −0.05%
1985 95 −0 −0.01%
1984 95.1 +0 +0.03%
1983 95 +0.1 +0.06%
1982 95 +0.1 +0.16%
1981 94.8 +0.2 +0.2%
1980 94.6 +0.2 +0.25%
1979 94.4 +0.3 +0.3%
1978 94.1 +0.3 +0.31%
1977 93.8 +0.4 +0.4%
1976 93.4 +0.4 +0.42%
1975 93 +0.4 +0.38%
1974 92.7 +0.4 +0.44%
1973 92.3 +0.5 +0.54%
1972 91.8 +0.5 +0.59%
1971 91.3 +0.5 +0.58%
1970 90.7 +0.5 +0.56%
1969 90.2 +0.5 +0.55%
1968 89.7 +0.5 +0.57%
1967 89.2 +0.5 +0.59%
1966 88.7 +0.5 +0.62%
1965 88.2 +0.5 +0.62%
1964 87.6 +0.6 +0.65%
1963 87.1 +0.5 +0.61%
1962 86.5 +0.4 +0.49%
1961 86.1 +0.4 +0.43%
1960 85.7 — —

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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