Bahrain vs Kuwait: Age dependency ratio
Bahrain
28.9%
in 2025
Kuwait
26.8%
in 2025
Bahrain rank
214th
Kuwait rank
215th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Bahrain
- Kuwait
How they compare
Bahrain currently reports 28.9% against 26.8% in Kuwait, a difference of 2.1%.
That makes Bahrain's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 214th and Kuwait ranks 215th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 2 and Kuwait in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89.0% | 72.5% | 16.5% | Bahrain |
| 1970s | 76.1% | 79.3% | 3.2% | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 56.3% | 63.4% | 7.1% | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 52.6% | 54.0% | 1.4% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 37.1% | 37.9% | 0.8% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 29.3% | 32.1% | 2.8% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 29.4% | 28.8% | 0.5% | Bahrain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Bahrain or Kuwait?
- Bahrain, at 28.9% against 26.8% in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Bahrain and Kuwait?
- 2.1%, with Bahrain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Kuwait?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Bahrain and Kuwait rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Bahrain ranks 214th and Kuwait ranks 215th of 217 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.