Côte d'Ivoire vs Yemen: Age dependency ratio
Côte d'Ivoire
75.8%
in 2025
Yemen
77.2%
in 2025
Côte d'Ivoire rank
25th
Yemen rank
24th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 77.2% against 75.8% in Côte d'Ivoire, a difference of 1.4%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Côte d'Ivoire ahead.
Côte d'Ivoire ranks 25th and Yemen ranks 24th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Côte d'Ivoire averaged higher in 3 and Yemen in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Côte d'Ivoire | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86.7% | 81.6% | 5.1% | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1970s | 92.8% | 96.6% | 3.8% | Yemen |
| 1980s | 100.8% | 111.7% | 10.9% | Yemen |
| 1990s | 97.2% | 115.0% | 17.8% | Yemen |
| 2000s | 93.7% | 98.0% | 4.3% | Yemen |
| 2010s | 82.0% | 81.3% | 0.6% | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2020s | 78.5% | 77.8% | 0.7% | Côte d'Ivoire |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Côte d'Ivoire or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 77.2% against 75.8% in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Côte d'Ivoire and Yemen?
- 1.4%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d'Ivoire and Yemen?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Côte d'Ivoire and Yemen rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Côte d'Ivoire ranks 25th and Yemen ranks 24th 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.