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Botswana: Age dependency ratio, young

49.96percent · 2025-9.7% 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 Botswana from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202549.963
202450.333
202350.638
202250.903
202151.279
202051.987
201952.906
201853.733
201754.434
201654.983
201555.325
201455.411
201355.221
201254.729
201154.375
201054.498
200954.917
200855.526
200756.25
200657.079
200558.058
200459.238
200360.636
200262.247
200164
200065.866
199967.889
199870.068
199772.414
199674.904
199577.418
199479.884
199382.181
199284.197
199185.926
199087.422
198988.73
198889.722
198790.327
198690.63
198590.837
198491.011
198391.05
198290.93
198191.026
198090.45
197990.222
197892.139
197794.365
197696.064
197597.935
197499.939
1973102.255
1972104.591
1971105.763
1970105.293
1969103.973
1968102.53
1967100.987
196699.433
196597.93
196496.765
196395.282
196293.172
196191.065
196088.952

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

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