Nauru vs Niger: Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Nauru
5.0%
in 2025
Niger
5.1%
in 2025
Nauru rank
200th
Niger rank
199th
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) over time
- Nauru
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 5.1% against 5.0% in Nauru, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nauru ahead.
Nauru ranks 200th and Niger ranks 199th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nauru averaged higher in 2 and Niger in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nauru | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.5% | 2.7% | 1.8% | Nauru |
| 1970s | 2.2% | 3.4% | 1.2% | Niger |
| 1980s | 7.0% | 4.0% | 3.0% | Nauru |
| 1990s | 3.3% | 4.3% | 1.0% | Niger |
| 2000s | 2.4% | 4.7% | 2.2% | Niger |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 5.0% | 2.5% | Niger |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 5.1% | 0.8% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, old, Nauru or Niger?
- Niger, at 5.1% against 5.0% in Nauru as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, old between Nauru and Niger?
- 0.1%, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nauru and Niger?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Nauru and Niger rank globally for age dependency ratio, old?
- Nauru ranks 200th and Niger ranks 199th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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.