Congo vs Low & middle income: Age dependency ratio
Congo
75.5%
in 2025
Low & middle income
54.3%
in 2025
Congo rank
26th
Low & middle income rank
28th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Congo
- Low & middle income
How they compare
Congo currently reports 75.5% against 54.3% in Low & middle income, a difference of 21.2%.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.4 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Congo has been ahead every year.
Congo ranks 26th and Low & middle income ranks 28th of 218 countries.
Congo has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Low & middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89.8% | 83.0% | 6.7% | Congo |
| 1970s | 95.5% | 82.3% | 13.2% | Congo |
| 1980s | 93.7% | 74.0% | 19.7% | Congo |
| 1990s | 87.9% | 68.1% | 19.8% | Congo |
| 2000s | 79.6% | 60.4% | 19.3% | Congo |
| 2010s | 79.2% | 56.3% | 22.9% | Congo |
| 2020s | 78.2% | 55.2% | 23.0% | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Congo or Low & middle income?
- Congo, at 75.5% against 54.3% in Low & middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Congo and Low & middle income?
- 21.2%, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Low & middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Congo and Low & middle income rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Congo ranks 26th and Low & middle income ranks 28th 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.