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Lesotho: Age dependency ratio

61.24percent · 2025-10.1% 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 Lesotho from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202561.245
202462.274
202363.267
202264.176
202164.968
202065.648
201966.255
201866.87
201767.49
201667.934
201568.142
201468.137
201368.078
201268.216
201168.484
201068.851
200969.339
200869.907
200770.659
200671.655
200572.66
200473.646
200374.802
200276.121
200177.522
200078.999
199980.597
199882.215
199783.761
199685.041
199586.135
199487.185
199388.043
199288.62
199188.899
199088.877
198988.524
198887.851
198786.949
198687.548
198588.439
198487.888
198387.228
198286.478
198185.658
198084.78
197983.879
197883.046
197782.425
197682.284
197582.862
197483.998
197385.443
197287.118
197188.927
197090.795
196992.639
196894.351
196795.814
196696.362
196596.115
196496.745
196397.958
196298.511
196198.607
196098.518

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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