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Botswana: Age dependency ratio

56.35percent · 2025-7.7% 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 Botswana from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202556.347
202456.655
202356.865
202256.994
202157.368
202058.14
201959.021
201859.779
201760.392
201660.837
201561.06
201461.023
201360.739
201260.188
201159.805
201059.933
200960.374
200861.015
200761.774
200662.64
200563.654
200464.865
200366.291
200267.925
200169.704
200071.601
199973.655
199875.861
199778.237
199680.766
199583.335
199485.874
199388.256
199290.359
199192.151
199093.671
198994.97
198895.909
198796.424
198696.631
198596.762
198496.888
198396.898
198296.774
198196.914
198096.343
197996.16
197898.332
1977100.887
1976102.902
1975105.126
1974107.51
1973110.253
1972113.036
1971114.526
1970114.118
1969112.685
1968111.082
1967109.351
1966107.629
1965106.009
1964104.859
1963103.496
1962101.507
196199.504
196097.452

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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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 2026-11-05.

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