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Libya: Age dependency ratio

47.14percent · 2025-14.4% 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 Libya from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202547.143
202447.998
202348.897
202249.833
202150.788
202051.766
201952.69
201853.561
201754.317
201654.813
201555.048
201455.183
201355.514
201255.987
201153.612
201051.383
200951.692
200852.197
200752.816
200653.562
200554.021
200454.079
200354.231
200254.504
200154.869
200055.376
199956.522
199858.238
199760.213
199662.601
199565.3
199468.238
199371.287
199274.33
199177.28
199080.105
198982.811
198885.364
198787.754
198690.072
198592.378
198494.708
198397.016
198298.611
198199.52
1980100.441
1979101.401
1978102.307
1977103.581
1976105.359
1975107.278
1974109.364
1973113.921
1972117.901
1971118.096
1970118.315
1969118.204
1968116.474
1967113.171
1966108.582
1965103.125
196499.544
196397.774
196295.724
196193.819
196091.981

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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