Nigeria's Age Dependency Ratio: Total

AGE DEPENDENCY RATIO FOR ALL PEOPLE (%)

The total age dependency ratio is the ratio of young + elderly dependents (who are generally economically inactive, under 15 or over 64 years old), compared to the number of people of working age (15-64-year-olds).

A high dependency ratio means those of working age, and the overall economy, face a greater burden in supporting the dependent population.

Nigeria's age dependency ratio for the dependent population is reported as: 78.8% reported in 2024 (most recent observation). This is a high value against a global average of 58.4%. A higher ratio indicates more financial stress on working people and possible political instability.

Nigeria's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: World Bank, Washington D.C.


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  Age Dependency Ratio: Total
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Central African Republic 87.7 90.5 91.5 91.6 104.7 97.6 66.4
Niger 95.5 96.0 98.3 107.4 96.8 88.5 62.7
Congo, Dem. Rep 89.1 89.5 94.6 96.8 96.5 93.0 69.0
Mali 90.3 102.1 99.3 99.8 94.3 86.4 67.2
Chad 101.7 102.3 106.6 104.0 92.9 90.9 69.3
Burundi 94.6 106.3 102.7 90.0 89.5 75.2 62.0
Mozambique 93.6 94.9 91.4 94.0 89.5 82.3 61.1
Angola 88.8 90.3 93.4 91.8 89.4 84.2 66.5
Mauritania 95.8 94.1 89.7 90.2 85.0 78.8 62.4
Uganda 103.5 105.3 111.2 106.0 84.3 76.6 54.7
Tanzania 100.3 97.2 89.9 92.8 83.8 79.1 64.6
Afghanistan 94.5 99.7 109.6 103.1 82.8 76.3 57.6
Benin 98.1 99.0 94.6 88.5 80.7 74.8 61.0
Zimbabwe 108.9 100.8 82.8 85.7 80.1 68.4 59.2
Burkina Faso 93.2 101.5 98.0 93.4 80.0 68.8 53.8
Guinea 87.0 90.4 95.5 92.8 79.7 73.3 55.0
Cameroon 94.0 99.2 93.2 87.7 79.3 73.8 60.3
Nigeria 91.5 94.1 87.9 90.2 78.8 70.2 54.9
Sudan 97.2 96.1 95.2 89.4 77.9 74.4 58.5
Yemen, Rep. 105.7 116.9 107.5 86.1 77.5 74.6 56.9
Cote d'Ivoire 98.2 100.9 94.1 86.2 76.9 70.0 62.5
Congo, Rep. 96.3 90.6 83.8 76.0 76.8 69.9 62.7
Zambia 111.1 105.2 101.5 92.6 76.7 70.0 58.2
Gambia 91.4 98.8 99.4 89.2 76.4 68.0 51.1
Malawi 94.1 97.2 97.9 99.3 76.3 67.9 54.7
Liberia 88.5 89.1 85.7 86.4 74.9 67.8 54.6
Togo 96.5 92.7 83.2 79.6 74.6 69.7 61.3
Madagascar 101.5 95.4 93.2 87.6 74.4 70.5 57.9
Ethiopia 96.5 95.9 101.5 94.0 73.3 70.2 54.8
Guinea-Bissau 99.2 103.3 93.2 85.2 72.3 65.0 53.3
Senegal 96.4 98.5 89.3 86.0 71.8 66.0 55.8
Comoros 105.2 104.2 104.9 84.6 71.2 66.2 57.3
Sierra Leone 85.4 88.2 90.0 86.9 70.4 64.2 50.8
Rwanda 97.1 105.2 94.5 82.3 70.3 65.6 55.1
Japan 48.2 43.2 46.7 57.4 70.1 71.0 95.0
Pakistan 87.2 90.4 87.8 75.5 69.4 63.7 54.5
Namibia 102.9 84.4 80.7 67.3 68.5 63.7 52.6
Gabon 86.3 92.8 84.3 71.1 68.3 64.0 58.4
Tajikistan 88.5 89.5 84.8 66.7 67.0 62.1 54.8
Israel 71.6 68.1 61.4 61.0 66.6 63.9 64.6
Kenya 115.5 105.6 93.4 84.2 66.1 60.2 51.2
Ghana 95.5 91.9 83.2 73.9 65.4 60.5 55.5
France 57.0 51.8 53.7 54.6 63.0 65.4 75.8
Finland 47.7 48.6 49.4 51.1 62.7 63.3 70.5
Lesotho 84.8 88.9 79.0 68.9 62.3 55.0 46.1
Kazakhstan 67.1 59.9 52.3 46.8 61.4 61.3 62.5
Kyrgyzstan 75.1 73.5 68.2 53.1 61.4 58.1 53.8
Sweden 56.0 55.6 55.5 53.6 60.6 59.9 66.9
Eswatini 106.9 100.6 85.1 71.7 60.3 55.5 47.1
Mongolia 94.1 82.4 62.9 46.5 59.6 52.2 55.9
Portugal 59.1 51.5 48.2 50.8 59.6 65.9 87.0
Greece 56.7 49.3 48.9 51.0 59.1 60.7 87.9
Latvia 50.2 49.7 48.5 48.0 59.1 60.4 71.8
Croatia 48.4 45.8 48.9 49.6 59.0 62.4 76.8
Egypt 82.5 81.2 69.4 60.8 59.0 53.6 52.5
Germany 51.6 44.8 47.3 52.1 59.0 67.0 76.7
Serbia 45.0 44.1 48.1 46.7 58.7 61.9 73.0
Estonia 51.8 51.2 48.4 48.5 58.6 59.3 75.2
Papua New Guinea 81.4 79.5 73.9 67.2 58.6 55.5 50.2
Uzbekistan 81.9 76.6 70.5 50.9 58.6 62.9 58.9
Algeria 98.9 82.5 61.5 47.8 58.5 53.7 59.1
United Kingdom 56.2 53.9 53.4 51.7 57.9 58.1 65.9
Belgium 53.1 49.4 52.5 51.6 57.6 60.1 71.6
Denmark 54.5 48.5 50.0 52.8 57.6 61.7 66.9
Bulgaria 51.5 50.3 47.6 46.2 57.5 59.4 76.2
Italy 55.0 45.8 48.1 52.7 57.5 63.3 91.3
Slovenia 52.1 45.9 42.6 43.9 57.4 61.0 82.9
Georgia 52.4 52.5 53.4 47.7 57.3 56.5 60.3
Guatemala 93.2 95.2 90.8 76.0 57.3 51.1 45.4
Lebanon 77.0 68.9 58.8 47.8 57.0 53.1 57.2
Czechia 58.4 51.5 43.3 42.6 56.8 57.5 77.3
Botswana 96.3 93.7 71.6 59.9 56.7 54.8 45.4
Moldova 52.1 56.6 50.6 39.2 56.3 56.4 62.2
Turkmenistan 83.5 81.1 70.4 51.7 56.3 52.9 50.9
Cambodia 84.2 87.7 83.0 59.1 56.1 54.9 52.2
Guyana 86.2 69.0 67.9 58.3 56.0 55.2 50.2
Haiti 83.0 84.1 78.6 67.1 56.0 51.8 46.6
Romania 59.8 51.2 47.3 46.2 55.5 54.8 73.1
Australia 53.5 49.5 49.5 48.4 55.2 58.0 65.4
Netherlands 51.1 45.2 47.6 48.9 55.1 60.6 66.9
Bolivia 82.5 79.8 76.3 66.4 54.9 51.9 48.5
Hungary 54.6 50.7 46.5 45.3 54.8 55.5 70.2
New Zealand 58.6 52.2 52.7 51.2 54.6 57.5 64.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.9 45.3 44.6 44.3 54.5 61.5 84.1
United States 50.3 51.2 50.0 48.2 54.4 57.8 64.0
Jordan 109.3 89.8 74.7 65.2 54.3 50.1 53.6
Paraguay 84.9 82.8 75.4 60.1 54.1 53.2 51.1
Honduras 101.9 97.2 85.4 69.8 53.9 51.1 47.9
Norway 58.5 54.4 54.2 51.0 53.8 55.7 68.6
Switzerland 50.6 46.4 48.6 47.0 53.8 59.8 76.5
Nepal 79.8 82.4 81.0 68.7 53.7 49.5 44.0
Poland 52.4 54.0 46.4 40.1 53.7 55.0 76.4
Canada 47.4 47.0 46.5 44.2 53.6 58.5 64.3
Austria 55.8 48.1 48.1 48.1 53.5 60.3 75.7
Laos 89.9 89.9 87.2 66.9 53.5 50.5 45.6
Lithuania 52.9 50.2 51.0 48.2 53.5 57.3 66.6
North Macedonia 55.5 51.5 49.7 44.8 53.5 55.5 68.6
Bangladesh 93.2 85.9 68.9 62.0 52.6 51.1 49.3
Dominican Republic 86.0 74.1 65.6 56.1 52.6 51.6 52.7
Ireland 69.9 62.6 49.2 48.1 52.6 52.0 71.8
Russia 46.7 49.0 43.6 38.6 52.6 53.4 65.3
Uruguay 60.1 59.3 59.8 57.4 52.3 50.4 59.1
Nicaragua 99.7 95.6 78.0 62.9 52.2 48.9 49.4
Slovak Republic 57.6 55.1 45.0 38.7 52.2 55.5 76.0
Panama 80.5 67.7 59.5 55.0 52.1 51.5 58.6
Sri Lanka 69.1 61.7 49.7 48.9 51.8 52.4 60.3
Spain 59.0 50.0 45.7 46.7 51.7 56.1 90.7
Argentina 61.8 64.1 60.8 56.5 51.6 46.6 54.8
Belarus 50.3 50.9 47.4 40.4 51.4 51.6 67.2
Albania 70.7 61.5 58.6 48.4 51.0 55.4 62.9
Morocco 88.7 76.2 62.2 52.4 51.0 49.7 54.5
Suriname 82.7 68.2 59.9 56.6 50.5 51.1 53.5
Tunisia 83.9 71.9 55.5 44.3 50.5 48.5 59.4
Iceland 59.7 55.2 53.5 49.4 50.2 52.4 60.2
Philippines 88.5 80.6 72.9 63.8 50.1 44.2 44.5
Malta 49.6 51.2 47.0 43.5 49.8 52.2 67.1
Peru 87.7 75.4 64.0 57.4 49.7 48.8 54.5
Hong Kong 46.7 42.5 39.1 34.1 49.6 60.6 108.1
El Salvador 88.3 80.3 71.7 63.2 49.2 46.1 46.6
Armenia 55.7 54.8 54.8 42.9 49.1 53.5 62.8
Ukraine 49.9 50.7 45.5 40.9 48.9 48.6 64.6
Ecuador 85.4 73.6 66.9 59.2 48.8 46.1 52.1
Mexico 95.1 75.9 64.8 55.9 48.7 47.3 52.5
South Africa 80.9 71.5 65.7 53.0 48.3 49.1 48.8
Libya 100.4 80.1 55.4 51.4 48.0 44.0 55.1
Cabo Verde 111.8 101.6 87.4 59.0 47.9 41.7 47.3
Vietnam 83.9 78.4 60.0 44.2 47.6 46.5 58.6
Indonesia 79.3 66.4 55.8 51.1 46.8 45.8 52.3
India 77.8 74.2 66.6 56.9 46.6 44.8 48.1
Türkiye 80.1 68.2 56.3 49.5 46.5 45.6 58.9
Myanmar 76.5 68.6 58.2 50.4 46.2 46.2 48.5
Luxembourg 47.8 44.4 49.2 46.3 45.5 50.2 65.1
Chile 61.5 55.8 53.8 46.1 45.1 45.8 61.7
Costa Rica 70.5 68.0 58.0 47.5 45.0 45.9 61.0
Taiwan 57.3 49.6 41.3 35.6 44.7 52.1 88.6
Brazil 72.2 65.6 53.9 45.7 44.3 46.3 59.1
Cyprus 54.1 52.7 47.5 39.5 44.3 47.4 63.5
China 68.0 51.8 46.1 37.2 44.2 43.8 69.1
Azerbaijan 63.4 60.8 55.9 39.3 43.6 43.4 52.9
Thailand 72.4 51.3 43.9 40.3 43.1 47.7 69.7
Trinidad and Tobago 63.3 61.7 44.7 36.1 43.1 46.4 59.8
Colombia 77.6 66.1 58.8 49.9 43.0 45.5 54.2
Korea, Rep. 60.9 44.3 39.0 37.7 42.5 50.4 90.5
Bahamas, The 65.4 51.9 52.7 48.1 42.2 43.5 55.3
Malaysia 74.1 68.9 61.4 49.0 41.9 39.9 49.2
Mauritius 61.1 54.1 46.4 39.4 39.5 44.6 60.1
Brunei 70.2 58.8 49.5 40.4 38.3 39.4 53.6
Bhutan 82.9 84.3 73.5 52.8 37.7 34.1 44.0
Oman 100.2 84.7 64.3 43.9 37.7 35.1 36.1
Jamaica 89.5 75.6 64.7 49.1 36.8 37.4 46.7
Saudi Arabia 86.1 81.7 68.1 42.9 36.6 36.0 39.4
Singapore 45.2 37.0 33.4 27.3 33.9 40.6 55.9
Bahrain 59.9 55.5 47.1 29.1 29.1 28.9 34.4
Kuwait 68.6 60.9 44.8 33.0 27.1 26.4 32.1
United Arab Emirates 40.1 44.1 28.4 22.4 21.8 22.3 25.3
Qatar 45.5 39.0 32.8 17.3 20.1 20.6 26.2

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