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Gambia: Age dependency ratio, old

5.58percent · 2025+14.9% 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 Gambia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20255.579
20245.432
20235.29
20225.167
20215.078
20205.012
20194.949
20184.894
20174.86
20164.847
20154.857
20144.904
20134.965
20125
20115.014
20105.027
20095.053
20085.093
20075.152
20065.231
20055.328
20045.44
20035.567
20025.711
20015.866
20006.029
19996.203
19986.384
19976.573
19966.774
19956.989
19947.219
19937.481
19927.7
19917.834
19907.949
19898.065
19888.182
19878.307
19868.452
19858.623
19848.82
19838.754
19828.426
19818.106
19807.747
19797.351
19786.934
19776.509
19766.094
19755.698
19745.315
19735.111
19725.084
19715.058
19705.031
19695.004
19684.975
19674.945
19664.912
19654.878
19644.837
19634.798
19624.776
19614.768
19604.766

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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