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Mauritania: Age dependency ratio, young

77.96percent · 2025-8.0% since 2015

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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
202577.958
202479.007
202380.069
202281.125
202182.036
202082.79
201983.433
201883.945
201784.328
201684.593
201584.754
201484.827
201384.829
201284.442
201183.78
201083.409
200983.447
200883.885
200784.154
200684.053
200583.951
200483.869
200383.807
200283.747
200183.625
200083.892
199984.646
199885.251
199785.629
199685.299
199584.338
199484.089
199384.626
199286.198
199187.723
199088.105
198987.963
198887.802
198788.158
198688.519
198588.868
198489.176
198389.439
198289.657
198189.801
198089.847
197989.787
197889.587
197789.232
197688.813
197588.353
197487.759
197387.015
197286.128
197185.099
197083.939
196982.666
196881.311
196779.899
196678.448
196576.993
196475.77
196375.084
196274.854
196174.829
196074.915

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio, young. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio-young (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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