Comoros vs Rwanda: Age dependency ratio
Comoros
70.4%
in 2025
Rwanda
69.6%
in 2025
Comoros rank
40th
Rwanda rank
43rd
Age dependency ratio over time
- Comoros
- Rwanda
How they compare
Comoros currently reports 70.4% against 69.6% in Rwanda, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Rwanda ahead.
Comoros ranks 40th and Rwanda ranks 43rd of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 5 and Rwanda in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90.6% | 112.6% | 22.0% | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 102.6% | 98.9% | 3.7% | Comoros |
| 1980s | 104.5% | 101.6% | 2.9% | Comoros |
| 1990s | 106.9% | 107.3% | 0.4% | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 96.9% | 86.1% | 10.8% | Comoros |
| 2010s | 79.3% | 79.1% | 0.2% | Comoros |
| 2020s | 72.5% | 71.8% | 0.7% | Comoros |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Comoros or Rwanda?
- Comoros, at 70.4% against 69.6% in Rwanda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Comoros and Rwanda?
- 0.8%, with Comoros ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Rwanda?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Comoros and Rwanda rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Comoros ranks 40th and Rwanda ranks 43rd of 217 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.