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South Sudan: Age dependency ratio, young

64.45percent · 2025-18.6% 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 South Sudan from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202564.451
202466.994
202369.627
202272.552
202174.877
202077.306
201980.949
201885.495
201785.918
201681.407
201579.22
201477.239
201375.324
201275.483
201176.277
201078.236
200980.236
200881.612
200783.327
200685.173
200586.924
200488.458
200388.964
200288.227
200187.472
200087.323
199987.603
199888.551
199789.375
199689.144
199588.613
199488.379
199388.067
199287.456
199187.101
199086.99
198986.692
198889.682
198792.46
198691.884
198591.507
198490.983
198390.377
198289.786
198189.193
198088.568
197987.979
197887.431
197786.908
197686.437
197586.004
197485.595
197385.183
197284.72
197184.197
197083.614
196982.968
196882.289
196781.569
196680.798
196580.01
196479.216
196378.533
196278.145
196178
196077.964

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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