Burundi vs Mozambique: Age dependency ratio
Burundi
87.0%
in 2025
Mozambique
88.3%
in 2025
Burundi rank
10th
Mozambique rank
9th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Burundi
- Mozambique
How they compare
Mozambique currently reports 88.3% against 87.0% in Burundi, a difference of 1.3%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Burundi ahead.
Burundi ranks 10th and Mozambique ranks 9th of 218 countries.
Burundi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Mozambique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93.8% | 82.0% | 11.7% | Burundi |
| 1970s | 95.5% | 88.7% | 6.8% | Burundi |
| 1980s | 98.9% | 95.6% | 3.3% | Burundi |
| 1990s | 109.0% | 92.6% | 16.4% | Burundi |
| 2000s | 94.9% | 92.3% | 2.5% | Burundi |
| 2010s | 95.9% | 93.8% | 2.1% | Burundi |
| 2020s | 92.7% | 90.6% | 2.0% | Burundi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Burundi or Mozambique?
- Mozambique, at 88.3% against 87.0% in Burundi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Burundi and Mozambique?
- 1.3%, with Mozambique ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Mozambique?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Burundi and Mozambique rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Burundi ranks 10th 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.