Angola vs Mozambique: Age dependency ratio
Angola
88.7%
in 2025
Mozambique
88.3%
in 2025
Angola rank
8th
Mozambique rank
9th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Angola
- Mozambique
How they compare
Angola currently reports 88.7% against 88.3% in Mozambique, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Angola ahead.
Angola ranks 8th and Mozambique ranks 9th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 4 and Mozambique in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Mozambique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86.9% | 82.0% | 4.9% | Angola |
| 1970s | 93.4% | 88.7% | 4.7% | Angola |
| 1980s | 88.1% | 95.6% | 7.5% | Mozambique |
| 1990s | 92.7% | 92.6% | 0.1% | Angola |
| 2000s | 92.4% | 92.3% | 0.0% | Angola |
| 2010s | 92.0% | 93.8% | 1.8% | Mozambique |
| 2020s | 90.2% | 90.6% | 0.5% | Mozambique |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Angola or Mozambique?
- Angola, at 88.7% against 88.3% in Mozambique as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Angola and Mozambique?
- 0.4%, with Angola ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Mozambique?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Angola and Mozambique rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Angola ranks 8th and Mozambique ranks 9th 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.