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Eswatini: Age dependency ratio

59.60percent · 2025-11.3% 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 Eswatini from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202559.596
202460.293
202360.813
202261.201
202161.833
202062.763
201963.701
201864.591
201765.441
201666.255
201567.163
201468.157
201369.047
201269.823
201170.657
201071.691
200972.956
200874.44
200775.892
200676.87
200577.552
200478.407
200379.516
200280.957
200182.823
200085.139
199987.949
199891.134
199794.347
199697.118
199599.411
199497.628
199395.009
199296.133
199198.293
1990100.585
1989102.675
1988105.57
1987108.243
1986109.224
1985109.635
1984109.537
1983109.182
1982108.602
1981107.776
1980106.885
1979106.035
1978105.2
1977104.323
1976103.457
1975102.674
1974101.981
1973101.392
1972100.926
1971100.612
1970100.495
1969100.611
1968101.001
1967101.7
1966102.279
1965102.621
1964102.852
1963102.41
1962101.429
1961100.369
196099.191

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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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