Comoros vs South Sudan: Age dependency ratio
Comoros
70.4%
in 2025
South Sudan
69.7%
in 2025
Comoros rank
40th
South Sudan rank
42nd
Age dependency ratio over time
- Comoros
- South Sudan
How they compare
Comoros currently reports 70.4% against 69.7% in South Sudan, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Sudan ahead.
Comoros ranks 40th and South Sudan ranks 42nd of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 5 and South Sudan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90.6% | 84.9% | 5.7% | Comoros |
| 1970s | 102.6% | 90.2% | 12.4% | Comoros |
| 1980s | 104.5% | 94.8% | 9.6% | Comoros |
| 1990s | 106.9% | 92.7% | 14.1% | Comoros |
| 2000s | 96.9% | 90.5% | 6.4% | Comoros |
| 2010s | 79.3% | 84.3% | 4.9% | South Sudan |
| 2020s | 72.5% | 76.0% | 3.5% | South Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Comoros or South Sudan?
- Comoros, at 70.4% against 69.7% in South Sudan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Comoros and South Sudan?
- 0.7%, with Comoros ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and South Sudan?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Comoros and South Sudan rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Comoros ranks 40th and South Sudan ranks 42nd 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.