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Cabo Verde: Age dependency ratio

46.73percent · 2025-9.0% 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 Cabo Verde from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202546.733
202447.941
202349.143
202250.383
202151.81
202052.388
201951.952
201851.544
201751.228
201651.104
201551.348
201452.049
201353.17
201254.684
201156.627
201058.973
200961.559
200864.228
200766.924
200669.658
200572.472
200475.382
200378.37
200281.406
200184.456
200087.374
199989.943
199892.139
199794.055
199695.736
199597.209
199498.466
199399.515
1992100.376
1991101.069
1990101.632
1989102.181
1988102.805
1987103.52
1986104.35
1985105.332
1984106.509
1983107.848
1982109.299
1981110.826
1980111.843
1979111.688
1978110.579
1977108.897
1976106.755
1975104.231
1974102.83
1973102.687
1972102.407
1971102.249
1970102.734
1969103.59
1968104.203
1967104.432
1966104.225
1965103.512
1964102.122
1963100.055
196297.461
196194.432
196091.622

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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