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Sierra Leone: Age dependency ratio, young

63.74percent · 2025-16.2% 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 Sierra Leone from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202563.744
202464.922
202366.136
202267.377
202168.599
202069.785
201970.948
201872.167
201773.463
201674.763
201576.043
201477.277
201378.395
201279.329
201180.092
201080.733
200981.286
200881.791
200782.248
200682.641
200582.974
200483.246
200383.409
200283.452
200183.413
200083.318
199983.057
199882.722
199782.485
199682.261
199582.015
199481.763
199381.512
199281.266
199181.021
199080.805
198980.604
198880.361
198780.05
198679.718
198579.388
198479.05
198378.712
198278.393
198178.077
198077.746
197977.399
197877.02
197776.604
197676.159
197575.671
197475.115
197374.531
197273.941
197173.322
197072.664
196971.963
196871.205
196770.399
196669.596
196568.806
196467.854
196366.875
196266.331
196166.096
196065.958

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

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