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Somalia: Age dependency ratio

96.74percent · 2025-3.3% 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 Somalia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202596.739
202496.792
202397.018
202297.485
202197.971
202098.294
201998.633
201899.007
201799.504
201699.884
2015100.056
2014100.265
2013100.55
2012101.043
2011102.788
2010104.574
2009105.21
2008105.682
2007105.597
2006104.45
2005102.889
2004101.737
2003101.052
2002100.583
2001100.187
200099.833
199999.478
199899.101
199798.717
199698.297
199597.802
199497.226
199396.579
199297.381
199199.74
1990100.285
198999.089
198897.857
198796.854
198696.063
198595.317
198494.609
198393.934
198293.302
198192.696
198092.177
197991.763
197891.403
197791.148
197691.113
197591.233
197491.42
197391.568
197291.664
197191.807
197091.995
196992.23
196892.512
196792.844
196693.227
196593.663
196493.751
196393.275
196292.584
196191.762
196090.743

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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