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Mauritania: Age dependency ratio, old

5.97percent · 2025-11.8% 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 Mauritania from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20255.972
20245.972
20235.982
20226.004
20216.059
20206.16
20196.258
20186.347
20176.459
20166.598
20156.767
20146.968
20137.202
20127.222
20116.993
20106.742
20096.472
20086.186
20076.022
20065.992
20055.956
20045.929
20035.909
20025.884
20015.857
20005.849
19995.861
19985.867
19975.867
19965.845
19955.808
19945.809
19935.841
19925.907
19915.962
19905.968
19895.952
19885.933
19875.936
19865.939
19855.942
19845.944
19835.943
19825.939
19815.929
19805.912
19795.888
19785.856
19775.816
19765.769
19755.715
19745.652
19735.581
19725.502
19715.416
19705.323
19695.222
19685.116
19675.003
19664.882
19654.754
19644.623
19634.497
19624.374
19614.249
19604.12

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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