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Afghanistan: Age dependency ratio

81.77percent · 2025-13.6% since 2015

Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Annual figures for Afghanistan from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202581.774
202482.777
202383.836
202284.962
202186.083
202087.248
201988.512
201889.85
201791.294
201692.89
201594.613
201496.346
201398.064
201299.773
2011101.458
2010103.144
2009104.799
2008106.334
2007107.737
2006108.889
2005109.729
2004110.285
2003110.558
2002110.535
2001110.219
2000109.586
1999108.686
1998107.594
1997106.412
1996105.224
1995104.093
1994102.997
1993101.997
1992101.131
1991100.334
199099.665
198999.131
198898.67
198798.223
198697.774
198597.302
198496.832
198396.352
198295.817
198195.16
198094.452
197993.747
197893.065
197792.375
197691.674
197590.967
197490.244
197389.511
197288.776
197188.026
197087.258
196986.457
196885.63
196784.794
196683.949
196583.096
196482.373
196381.855
196281.507
196181.284
196081.061

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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