Euro area vs Somalia: Age dependency ratio
Euro area
58.5%
in 2025
Somalia
96.7%
in 2025
Euro area rank
18th
Somalia rank
3rd
Age dependency ratio over time
- Euro area
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 96.7% against 58.5% in Euro area, a difference of 38.2%.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.7 times Euro area's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.
Euro area ranks 18th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 47 groups.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Euro area | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56.1% | 92.7% | 36.5% | Somalia |
| 1970s | 57.4% | 91.5% | 34.1% | Somalia |
| 1980s | 50.4% | 95.2% | 44.8% | Somalia |
| 1990s | 48.3% | 98.5% | 50.2% | Somalia |
| 2000s | 49.6% | 102.7% | 53.1% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 53.4% | 100.6% | 47.2% | Somalia |
| 2020s | 57.2% | 97.4% | 40.2% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Euro area or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 96.7% against 58.5% in Euro area as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Euro area and Somalia?
- 38.2%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Somalia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Euro area and Somalia rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Euro area ranks 18th and Somalia ranks 3rd 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.