Channel Islands vs Niger: Age dependency ratio
Channel Islands
52.6%
in 2025
Niger
95.5%
in 2025
Channel Islands rank
3rd
Niger rank
5th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Channel Islands
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 95.5% against 52.6% in Channel Islands, a difference of 42.9%.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.8 times Channel Islands's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.
Channel Islands ranks 3rd and Niger ranks 5th of 4 groups.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Channel Islands | 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, Channel Islands or Niger?
- Niger, at 95.5% against 52.6% in Channel Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Channel Islands and Niger?
- 42.9%, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Channel Islands and Niger?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Channel Islands and Niger rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Channel Islands ranks 3rd and Niger ranks 5th of 4 groups.
- 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.