Early-demographic dividend vs Vanuatu: Age dependency ratio
Early-demographic dividend
51.4%
in 2025
Vanuatu
73.4%
in 2025
Early-demographic dividend rank
34th
Vanuatu rank
32nd
Age dependency ratio over time
- Early-demographic dividend
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Vanuatu currently reports 73.4% against 51.4% in Early-demographic dividend, a difference of 22.0%.
That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.4 times Early-demographic dividend's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Vanuatu has been ahead every year.
Early-demographic dividend ranks 34th and Vanuatu ranks 32nd of 47 groups.
Vanuatu has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Early-demographic dividend | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84.6% | 94.6% | 10.0% | Vanuatu |
| 1970s | 85.0% | 93.7% | 8.7% | Vanuatu |
| 1980s | 80.4% | 93.5% | 13.1% | Vanuatu |
| 1990s | 74.2% | 90.7% | 16.5% | Vanuatu |
| 2000s | 64.4% | 76.9% | 12.4% | Vanuatu |
| 2010s | 56.7% | 72.9% | 16.3% | Vanuatu |
| 2020s | 52.5% | 74.9% | 22.3% | Vanuatu |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Early-demographic dividend or Vanuatu?
- Vanuatu, at 73.4% against 51.4% in Early-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Early-demographic dividend and Vanuatu?
- 22.0%, with Vanuatu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Early-demographic dividend and Vanuatu?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Early-demographic dividend and Vanuatu rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 34th and Vanuatu ranks 32nd 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.