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Sierra Leone: Age dependency ratio

69.30percent · 2025-15.3% 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 Sierra Leone from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202569.303
202470.449
202371.64
202272.866
202174.085
202075.291
201976.481
201877.73
201779.072
201680.429
201581.777
201483.109
201384.347
201285.363
201186.179
201086.871
200987.465
200888.015
200788.525
200688.977
200589.372
200489.711
200389.939
200290.045
200190.07
200090.044
199989.855
199889.595
199789.433
199689.279
199589.107
199488.929
199388.747
199288.562
199188.377
199088.215
198988.061
198887.86
198787.586
198687.288
198586.987
198486.672
198386.354
198286.05
198185.745
198085.421
197985.075
197884.694
197784.268
197683.81
197583.302
197482.72
197382.104
197281.476
197180.812
197080.101
196979.34
196878.514
196777.633
196676.749
196575.875
196474.826
196373.744
196273.105
196172.781
196072.549

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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