Early-demographic dividend vs Guinea-Bissau: Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio over time
- Early-demographic dividend
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 71.1% against 51.4% in Early-demographic dividend, a difference of 19.7%.
That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.4 times Early-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Early-demographic dividend ahead.
Early-demographic dividend ranks 34th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 36th of 47 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Early-demographic dividend averaged higher in 1 and Guinea-Bissau in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Early-demographic dividend | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84.6% | 78.8% | 5.8% | Early-demographic dividend |
| 1970s | 85.0% | 89.8% | 4.8% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1980s | 80.4% | 102.8% | 22.5% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 74.2% | 98.8% | 24.6% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 64.4% | 89.3% | 24.8% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 56.7% | 82.1% | 25.5% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 52.5% | 74.2% | 21.6% | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Early-demographic dividend or Guinea-Bissau?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 71.1% against 51.4% in Early-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Early-demographic dividend and Guinea-Bissau?
- 19.7%, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Early-demographic dividend and Guinea-Bissau?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Early-demographic dividend and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 34th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 36th of 47 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.