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Botswana: Age dependency ratio, old

6.38percent · 2025+11.3% since 2015

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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
20256.384
20246.322
20236.227
20226.092
20216.089
20206.152
20196.115
20186.046
20175.958
20165.854
20155.736
20145.612
20135.519
20125.46
20115.43
20105.435
20095.457
20085.489
20075.524
20065.56
20055.596
20045.627
20035.655
20025.678
20015.704
20005.735
19995.766
19985.793
19975.823
19965.862
19955.917
19945.99
19936.076
19926.161
19916.225
19906.249
19896.24
19886.188
19876.097
19866
19855.925
19845.876
19835.848
19825.844
19815.888
19805.893
19795.938
19786.194
19776.522
19766.838
19757.191
19747.571
19737.998
19728.445
19718.764
19708.826
19698.712
19688.552
19678.364
19668.196
19658.078
19648.094
19638.215
19628.335
19618.439
19608.5

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, old. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio-old (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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