Finland vs Lesotho: Age dependency ratio
Finland
62.7%
in 2025
Lesotho
61.2%
in 2025
Finland rank
63rd
Lesotho rank
66th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Finland
- Lesotho
How they compare
Finland currently reports 62.7% against 61.2% in Lesotho, a difference of 1.5%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lesotho ahead.
Finland ranks 63rd and Lesotho ranks 66th of 217 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55.3% | 96.6% | 41.2% | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 48.9% | 85.1% | 36.1% | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 47.3% | 87.1% | 39.8% | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 49.4% | 85.9% | 36.5% | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 49.9% | 73.5% | 23.6% | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 56.6% | 67.8% | 11.3% | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 62.4% | 63.6% | 1.2% | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Finland or Lesotho?
- Finland, at 62.7% against 61.2% in Lesotho as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Finland and Lesotho?
- 1.5%, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Lesotho?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Finland and Lesotho rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Finland ranks 63rd and Lesotho ranks 66th of 217 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.