Gambia vs World: Age dependency ratio
Gambia
75.2%
in 2025
World
54.5%
in 2025
Gambia rank
28th
World rank
27th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Gambia
- World
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 75.2% against 54.5% in World, a difference of 20.7%.
That makes Gambia's figure about 1.4 times World's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Gambia has been ahead every year.
Gambia ranks 28th and World ranks 27th of 218 countries.
Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78.5% | 76.2% | 2.2% | Gambia |
| 1970s | 84.4% | 75.3% | 9.1% | Gambia |
| 1980s | 96.4% | 68.5% | 27.9% | Gambia |
| 1990s | 99.7% | 64.1% | 35.6% | Gambia |
| 2000s | 95.1% | 57.8% | 37.2% | Gambia |
| 2010s | 86.0% | 55.2% | 30.8% | Gambia |
| 2020s | 78.2% | 55.0% | 23.2% | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Gambia or World?
- Gambia, at 75.2% against 54.5% in World as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Gambia and World?
- 20.7%, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and World?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and World rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Gambia ranks 28th and World ranks 27th 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.