Equatorial Guinea vs Sierra Leone: Age dependency ratio
Equatorial Guinea
69.1%
in 2025
Sierra Leone
69.3%
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea rank
45th
Sierra Leone rank
44th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 69.3% against 69.1% in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 45th and Sierra Leone ranks 44th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80.1% | 75.5% | 4.6% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1970s | 82.8% | 82.8% | 0.0% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1980s | 83.3% | 86.8% | 3.5% | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 86.1% | 89.0% | 2.9% | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 77.6% | 89.2% | 11.6% | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 71.2% | 82.1% | 11.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 69.9% | 72.3% | 2.3% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Equatorial Guinea or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 69.3% against 69.1% in Equatorial Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone?
- 0.2%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 45th and Sierra Leone ranks 44th 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.