Guinea vs Lower middle income: Age dependency ratio
Guinea
78.6%
in 2025
Lower middle income
56.1%
in 2025
Guinea rank
17th
Lower middle income rank
21st
Age dependency ratio over time
- Guinea
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Guinea currently reports 78.6% against 56.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 22.5%.
That makes Guinea's figure about 1.4 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Guinea ranks 17th and Lower middle income ranks 21st of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 5 and Lower middle income in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 79.1% | 83.7% | 4.6% | Lower middle income |
| 1970s | 82.7% | 84.5% | 1.8% | Lower middle income |
| 1980s | 88.9% | 82.1% | 6.8% | Guinea |
| 1990s | 92.1% | 77.3% | 14.8% | Guinea |
| 2000s | 96.1% | 68.9% | 27.2% | Guinea |
| 2010s | 88.6% | 61.9% | 26.7% | Guinea |
| 2020s | 81.3% | 57.5% | 23.8% | Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Guinea or Lower middle income?
- Guinea, at 78.6% against 56.1% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Guinea and Lower middle income?
- 22.5%, with Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Lower middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Guinea and Lower middle income rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Guinea ranks 17th and Lower middle income ranks 21st 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.