Egypt vs Estonia: Age dependency ratio
Egypt
58.3%
in 2025
Estonia
58.9%
in 2025
Egypt rank
82nd
Estonia rank
80th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Egypt
- Estonia
How they compare
Estonia currently reports 58.9% against 58.3% in Egypt, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 82nd and Estonia ranks 80th of 218 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Estonia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84.7% | 51.3% | 33.4% | Egypt |
| 1970s | 82.3% | 51.5% | 30.8% | Egypt |
| 1980s | 82.4% | 51.0% | 31.4% | Egypt |
| 1990s | 76.5% | 51.4% | 25.1% | Egypt |
| 2000s | 64.1% | 47.6% | 16.5% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 61.7% | 52.9% | 8.8% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 60.1% | 58.4% | 1.7% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Egypt or Estonia?
- Estonia, at 58.9% against 58.3% in Egypt as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Egypt and Estonia?
- 0.6%, with Estonia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Estonia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and Estonia rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Egypt ranks 82nd and Estonia ranks 80th 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.