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Afghanistan: Age dependency ratio, young

77.36percent · 2025-14.1% since 2015

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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
202577.365
202478.388
202379.465
202280.606
202181.706
202082.809
201984.033
201885.356
201786.78
201688.346
201590.027
201491.719
201393.41
201295.103
201196.78
201098.459
2009100.102
2008101.623
2007103.009
2006104.144
2005104.968
2004105.515
2003105.785
2002105.768
2001105.464
2000104.845
1999103.964
1998102.894
1997101.737
1996100.58
199599.481
199498.421
199397.458
199296.621
199195.842
199095.187
198994.665
198894.212
198793.751
198693.271
198592.733
198492.158
198391.594
198290.998
198190.294
198089.558
197988.826
197888.124
197787.428
197686.725
197586.013
197485.283
197384.541
197283.794
197183.033
197082.255
196981.448
196880.618
196779.78
196678.933
196578.076
196477.344
196376.808
196276.438
196176.191
196075.949

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

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