Gabon vs Solomon Islands: Age dependency ratio
Gabon
67.7%
in 2025
Solomon Islands
67.3%
in 2025
Gabon rank
49th
Solomon Islands rank
50th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Gabon
- Solomon Islands
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 67.7% against 67.3% in Solomon Islands, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Solomon Islands ahead.
Gabon ranks 49th and Solomon Islands ranks 50th of 218 countries.
Solomon Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Solomon Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69.6% | 96.9% | 27.3% | Solomon Islands |
| 1970s | 80.5% | 103.9% | 23.4% | Solomon Islands |
| 1980s | 90.1% | 103.0% | 12.9% | Solomon Islands |
| 1990s | 90.3% | 91.4% | 1.1% | Solomon Islands |
| 2000s | 78.0% | 82.5% | 4.5% | Solomon Islands |
| 2010s | 69.2% | 77.1% | 8.0% | Solomon Islands |
| 2020s | 68.6% | 70.0% | 1.5% | Solomon Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Gabon or Solomon Islands?
- Gabon, at 67.7% against 67.3% in Solomon Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Gabon and Solomon Islands?
- 0.4%, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Solomon Islands?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Gabon and Solomon Islands rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Gabon ranks 49th and Solomon Islands ranks 50th 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.