Afghanistan vs IDA blend: Age dependency ratio
Afghanistan
81.8%
in 2025
IDA blend
71.5%
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
14th
IDA blend rank
12th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Afghanistan
- IDA blend
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 81.8% against 71.5% in IDA blend, a difference of 10.3%.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times IDA blend's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was IDA blend ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 14th and IDA blend ranks 12th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 5 and IDA blend in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | IDA blend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83.2% | 86.0% | 2.8% | IDA blend |
| 1970s | 90.6% | 91.4% | 0.8% | IDA blend |
| 1980s | 97.0% | 92.3% | 4.7% | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 103.8% | 91.0% | 12.8% | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 108.9% | 84.0% | 24.9% | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 95.6% | 79.3% | 16.3% | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 84.4% | 74.0% | 10.5% | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Afghanistan or IDA blend?
- Afghanistan, at 81.8% against 71.5% in IDA blend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Afghanistan and IDA blend?
- 10.3%, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and IDA blend?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and IDA blend rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Afghanistan ranks 14th and IDA blend ranks 12th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio (% 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 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.