Algeria vs Egypt: Age dependency ratio
Algeria
58.1%
in 2025
Egypt
58.3%
in 2025
Algeria rank
85th
Egypt rank
82nd
Age dependency ratio over time
- Algeria
- Egypt
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 58.3% against 58.1% in Algeria, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Algeria ahead.
Algeria ranks 85th and Egypt ranks 82nd of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 3 and Egypt in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 101.3% | 84.7% | 16.7% | Algeria |
| 1970s | 101.3% | 82.3% | 19.0% | Algeria |
| 1980s | 92.2% | 82.4% | 9.8% | Algeria |
| 1990s | 74.8% | 76.5% | 1.7% | Egypt |
| 2000s | 52.9% | 64.1% | 11.1% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 51.8% | 61.7% | 9.9% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 58.5% | 60.1% | 1.6% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Algeria or Egypt?
- Egypt, at 58.3% against 58.1% in Algeria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Algeria and Egypt?
- 0.2%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Egypt?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Algeria and Egypt rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Algeria ranks 85th and Egypt ranks 82nd 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.