Cameroon vs Lower middle income: Age dependency ratio
Cameroon
78.4%
in 2025
Lower middle income
56.1%
in 2025
Cameroon rank
18th
Lower middle income rank
21st
Age dependency ratio over time
- Cameroon
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 78.4% against 56.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 22.3%.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.4 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Cameroon ranks 18th and Lower middle income ranks 21st of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 6 and Lower middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.0% | 83.7% | 2.7% | Lower middle income |
| 1970s | 89.4% | 84.5% | 4.9% | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 97.4% | 82.1% | 15.3% | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 97.3% | 77.3% | 19.9% | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 90.1% | 68.9% | 21.3% | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 85.7% | 61.9% | 23.8% | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 80.7% | 57.5% | 23.2% | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Cameroon or Lower middle income?
- Cameroon, at 78.4% against 56.1% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Cameroon and Lower middle income?
- 22.3%, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Lower middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Cameroon and Lower middle income rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Cameroon ranks 18th and Lower middle income ranks 21st 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.