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Nigeria: Age dependency ratio, young

71.83percent · 2025-14.6% 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 Nigeria from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202571.83
202473.321
202374.788
202276.222
202177.625
202079.025
201980.35
201881.507
201782.551
201683.456
201584.085
201484.425
201384.593
201284.648
201184.612
201084.501
200984.291
200883.99
200783.671
200683.344
200583.014
200482.748
200382.519
200282.305
200182.175
200082.174
199982.379
199882.841
199783.422
199683.986
199584.566
199485.241
199386.002
199286.76
199187.408
199087.968
198988.439
198888.727
198788.863
198688.806
198588.557
198488.189
198387.589
198286.847
198186.132
198085.433
197984.703
197883.85
197783.001
197682.175
197581.36
197480.6
197379.87
197279.179
197178.512
197077.915
196977.368
196876.814
196776.298
196675.833
196575.417
196474.94
196374.421
196274.091
196174.01
196074.068

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

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