Gambia vs Low & middle income: Age dependency ratio
Gambia
75.2%
in 2025
Low & middle income
54.3%
in 2025
Gambia rank
28th
Low & middle income rank
28th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Gambia
- Low & middle income
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 75.2% against 54.3% in Low & middle income, a difference of 20.9%.
That makes Gambia's figure about 1.4 times Low & middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Low & middle income ahead.
Gambia ranks 28th and Low & middle income ranks 28th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 6 and Low & middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Low & middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78.5% | 83.0% | 4.6% | Low & middle income |
| 1970s | 84.4% | 82.3% | 2.1% | Gambia |
| 1980s | 96.4% | 74.0% | 22.4% | Gambia |
| 1990s | 99.7% | 68.1% | 31.6% | Gambia |
| 2000s | 95.1% | 60.4% | 34.7% | Gambia |
| 2010s | 86.0% | 56.3% | 29.7% | Gambia |
| 2020s | 78.2% | 55.2% | 23.1% | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Gambia or Low & middle income?
- Gambia, at 75.2% against 54.3% in Low & middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Gambia and Low & middle income?
- 20.9%, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Low & middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and Low & middle income rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Gambia ranks 28th and Low & middle income ranks 28th 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.