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South Sudan: Age dependency ratio

69.67percent · 2025-16.9% 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 Sudan from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202569.669
202472.144
202374.715
202277.588
202179.844
202082.215
201985.83
201890.371
201790.731
201686.095
201583.881
201481.893
201379.945
201280.095
201180.89
201082.879
200984.906
200886.294
200788.033
200689.907
200591.684
200493.241
200393.742
200292.968
200192.173
200091.995
199992.251
199893.243
199794.11
199693.846
199593.274
199492.992
199392.639
199292
199191.611
199091.457
198991.112
198894.307
198797.306
198696.708
198596.299
198495.742
198395.105
198294.477
198193.843
198093.176
197992.543
197891.95
197791.379
197690.861
197590.384
197489.931
197389.478
197288.999
197188.487
197087.955
196987.406
196886.829
196786.219
196685.572
196584.898
196484.176
196383.583
196283.303
196183.249
196083.306

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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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