Burundi vs Mauritania: Age dependency ratio
Burundi
87.0%
in 2025
Mauritania
83.9%
in 2025
Burundi rank
10th
Mauritania rank
11th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Burundi
- Mauritania
How they compare
Burundi currently reports 87.0% against 83.9% in Mauritania, a difference of 3.1%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Burundi ahead.
Burundi ranks 10th and Mauritania ranks 11th of 218 countries.
Burundi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93.8% | 82.2% | 11.6% | Burundi |
| 1970s | 95.5% | 93.2% | 2.3% | Burundi |
| 1980s | 98.9% | 94.9% | 4.0% | Burundi |
| 1990s | 109.0% | 91.5% | 17.5% | Burundi |
| 2000s | 94.9% | 89.8% | 5.0% | Burundi |
| 2010s | 95.9% | 91.0% | 4.9% | Burundi |
| 2020s | 92.7% | 86.5% | 6.2% | Burundi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Burundi or Mauritania?
- Burundi, at 87.0% against 83.9% in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Burundi and Mauritania?
- 3.1%, with Burundi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Mauritania?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Burundi and Mauritania rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Burundi ranks 10th and Mauritania ranks 11th 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.