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Lesotho: Age dependency ratio, old

6.26percent · 2025-4.6% 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 Lesotho from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20256.257
20246.258
20236.248
20226.227
20216.244
20206.276
20196.284
20186.31
20176.366
20166.449
20156.556
20146.625
20136.673
20126.788
20116.954
20107.15
20097.368
20087.596
20077.824
20068.018
20058.11
20048.129
20038.143
20028.15
20018.139
20008.107
19998.067
19988.027
19977.993
19967.97
19957.961
19947.952
19937.935
19927.91
19917.876
19907.829
19897.764
19887.681
19877.582
19867.535
19857.499
19847.403
19837.293
19827.179
19817.066
19806.96
19796.87
19786.799
19776.751
19766.743
19756.799
19746.912
19737.055
19727.221
19717.405
19707.598
19697.791
19687.976
19678.143
19668.249
19658.308
19648.41
19638.54
19628.652
19618.761
19608.888

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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