Chagai vs Niger: Age dependency ratio
Chagai
52.6%
in 2025
Niger
95.5%
in 2025
Chagai rank
1st
Niger rank
5th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Chagai
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 95.5% against 52.6% in Chagai, a difference of 42.9%.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.8 times Chagai's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.
Chagai ranks 1st and Niger ranks 5th of 1 regions.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chagai | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53.3% | 100.1% | 46.9% | Niger |
| 1970s | 53.5% | 97.0% | 43.5% | Niger |
| 1980s | 46.3% | 96.1% | 49.8% | Niger |
| 1990s | 45.4% | 96.1% | 50.7% | Niger |
| 2000s | 46.0% | 102.6% | 56.6% | Niger |
| 2010s | 48.2% | 106.4% | 58.1% | Niger |
| 2020s | 51.7% | 98.8% | 47.2% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Chagai or Niger?
- Niger, at 95.5% against 52.6% in Chagai as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Chagai and Niger?
- 42.9%, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chagai and Niger?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Chagai and Niger rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Chagai ranks 1st and Niger ranks 5th of 1 regions.
- 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.