High income vs Nigeria: Age dependency ratio
High income
55.4%
in 2025
Nigeria
77.3%
in 2025
High income rank
24th
Nigeria rank
23rd
Age dependency ratio over time
- High income
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 77.3% against 55.4% in High income, a difference of 21.9%.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.4 times High income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.
High income ranks 24th and Nigeria ranks 23rd of 47 groups.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | High income | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59.6% | 81.4% | 21.8% | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 55.6% | 87.2% | 31.6% | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 50.7% | 93.9% | 43.1% | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 49.3% | 91.0% | 41.6% | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 47.6% | 88.7% | 41.1% | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 50.1% | 89.1% | 39.0% | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 54.4% | 80.9% | 26.6% | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, High income or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 77.3% against 55.4% in High income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between High income and Nigeria?
- 21.9%, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Nigeria?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do High income and Nigeria rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- High income ranks 24th and Nigeria ranks 23rd of 47 groups.
- 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.