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South Africa: Age dependency ratio

48.39percent · 2025-4.7% 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 South Africa from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202548.386
202448.311
202348.368
202248.55
202148.916
202049.496
201950.094
201850.677
201751.267
201651.059
201550.78
201451.139
201351.46
201251.866
201152.361
201053.024
200953.667
200854.199
200754.848
200655.685
200556.651
200457.859
200359.455
200261.407
200163.544
200065.703
199967.818
199869.84
199771.623
199672.028
199571.474
199470.181
199370.197
199271.103
199170.852
199071.482
198972.591
198873.547
198774.399
198675.195
198575.972
198476.724
198377.495
198278.412
198179.564
198080.93
197981.971
197882.609
197783.252
197683.723
197584.022
197484.266
197384.456
197284.594
197184.661
197084.614
196984.461
196884.267
196784.044
196683.779
196583.513
196483.295
196383.282
196283.394
196183.422
196083.435

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. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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