Gabon vs Namibia: Age dependency ratio
Gabon
67.7%
in 2025
Namibia
67.9%
in 2025
Gabon rank
49th
Namibia rank
48th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Gabon
- Namibia
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 67.9% against 67.7% in Gabon, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Namibia ahead.
Gabon ranks 49th and Namibia ranks 48th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 3 and Namibia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Namibia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69.6% | 89.8% | 20.2% | Namibia |
| 1970s | 80.5% | 95.9% | 15.5% | Namibia |
| 1980s | 90.1% | 99.9% | 9.8% | Namibia |
| 1990s | 90.3% | 83.0% | 7.3% | Gabon |
| 2000s | 78.0% | 74.7% | 3.3% | Gabon |
| 2010s | 69.2% | 67.2% | 1.9% | Gabon |
| 2020s | 68.6% | 68.8% | 0.2% | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Gabon or Namibia?
- Namibia, at 67.9% against 67.7% in Gabon as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Gabon and Namibia?
- 0.2%, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Namibia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Gabon and Namibia rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Gabon ranks 49th and Namibia ranks 48th 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.