Bahrain vs Maldives: Age dependency ratio
Bahrain
28.9%
in 2025
Maldives
31.6%
in 2025
Bahrain rank
215th
Maldives rank
214th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Bahrain
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 31.6% against 28.9% in Bahrain, a difference of 2.7%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.1 times Bahrain's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 215th and Maldives ranks 214th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 1 and Maldives in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89.0% | 79.8% | 9.2% | Bahrain |
| 1970s | 76.1% | 92.9% | 16.8% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 56.3% | 94.3% | 38.0% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 52.6% | 94.2% | 41.6% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 37.1% | 61.3% | 24.2% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 29.3% | 38.0% | 8.8% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 29.4% | 32.4% | 3.1% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Bahrain or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 31.6% against 28.9% in Bahrain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Bahrain and Maldives?
- 2.7%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Maldives?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Bahrain and Maldives rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Bahrain ranks 215th and Maldives ranks 214th 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.