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Namibia: Age dependency ratio, young

61.54percent · 2025+1.1% 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 Namibia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202561.539
202462.311
202363.061
202263.509
202163.206
202062.645
201962.193
201861.782
201761.335
201660.996
201560.89
201460.98
201361.12
201261.197
201161.284
201061.62
200962.346
200863.447
200764.875
200666.602
200568.582
200470.437
200371.967
200273.275
200174.298
200075.04
199975.548
199875.901
199776.215
199676.614
199577.045
199477.3
199377.44
199277.559
199177.67
199077.979
198981.802
198887.034
198789.156
198691.028
198592.824
198494.372
198395.719
198296.939
198196.486
198094.548
197993.488
197891.631
197789.52
197688.485
197587.547
197486.863
197386.125
197285.435
197184.84
197084.283
196983.778
196883.276
196782.786
196682.298
196581.767
196481.296
196380.771
196280.186
196179.671
196079.134

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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, young. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio-young (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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