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Sierra Leone: Age dependency ratio, old

5.56percent · 2025-3.0% since 2015

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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
20255.559
20245.527
20235.504
20225.489
20215.486
20205.506
20195.533
20185.563
20175.609
20165.667
20155.734
20145.832
20135.952
20126.034
20116.088
20106.137
20096.179
20086.224
20076.278
20066.336
20056.399
20046.465
20036.53
20026.594
20016.657
20006.726
19996.798
19986.873
19976.948
19967.018
19957.092
19947.166
19937.235
19927.296
19917.356
19907.41
19897.457
19887.499
19877.536
19867.569
19857.598
19847.622
19837.642
19827.657
19817.668
19807.674
19797.676
19787.673
19777.665
19767.651
19757.631
19747.605
19737.573
19727.535
19717.49
19707.437
19697.377
19687.309
19677.233
19667.153
19657.068
19646.972
19636.868
19626.775
19616.685
19606.591

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

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