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Namibia: Age dependency ratio

67.91percent · 2025+1.7% 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 Namibia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202567.908
202468.5
202369.1
202269.48
202169.205
202068.676
201968.199
201867.754
201767.276
201666.913
201566.783
201466.847
201366.967
201267.027
201167.071
201067.34
200968.005
200869.061
200770.459
200672.175
200574.161
200476.026
200377.566
200278.894
200179.944
200080.724
199981.277
199881.684
199782.056
199682.521
199583.025
199483.357
199383.576
199283.778
199183.973
199084.388
198988.636
198894.414
198796.782
198698.867
1985100.86
1984102.576
1983104.073
1982105.429
1981104.96
1980102.882
1979101.768
197899.777
197797.529
197696.485
197595.56
197494.923
197394.234
197293.599
197193.055
197092.538
196992.065
196891.578
196791.088
196690.595
196590.055
196489.578
196389.043
196288.443
196187.921
196087.376

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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