Bahrain vs Qatar: Age dependency ratio
Bahrain
28.9%
in 2025
Qatar
20.0%
in 2025
Bahrain rank
214th
Qatar rank
217th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Bahrain
- Qatar
How they compare
Bahrain currently reports 28.9% against 20.0% in Qatar, a difference of 8.9%.
That makes Bahrain's figure about 1.4 times Qatar's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Qatar ahead.
Bahrain ranks 214th and Qatar ranks 217th of 217 countries.
Bahrain has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89.0% | 69.1% | 19.9% | Bahrain |
| 1970s | 76.1% | 58.4% | 17.7% | Bahrain |
| 1980s | 56.3% | 40.9% | 15.4% | Bahrain |
| 1990s | 52.6% | 37.2% | 15.3% | Bahrain |
| 2000s | 37.1% | 27.2% | 9.9% | Bahrain |
| 2010s | 29.3% | 17.9% | 11.3% | Bahrain |
| 2020s | 29.4% | 20.1% | 9.3% | Bahrain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Bahrain or Qatar?
- Bahrain, at 28.9% against 20.0% in Qatar as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Bahrain and Qatar?
- 8.9%, with Bahrain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Qatar?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Bahrain and Qatar rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Bahrain ranks 214th and Qatar ranks 217th 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.