Iceland vs Morocco: Age dependency ratio
Iceland
50.4%
in 2025
Morocco
50.7%
in 2025
Iceland rank
149th
Morocco rank
146th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Iceland
- Morocco
How they compare
Morocco currently reports 50.7% against 50.4% in Iceland, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Morocco ahead.
Iceland ranks 149th and Morocco ranks 146th of 217 countries.
Morocco has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Morocco | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74.8% | 97.1% | 22.3% | Morocco |
| 1970s | 65.4% | 95.5% | 30.1% | Morocco |
| 1980s | 57.3% | 83.3% | 26.0% | Morocco |
| 1990s | 55.0% | 69.7% | 14.7% | Morocco |
| 2000s | 51.1% | 57.1% | 6.0% | Morocco |
| 2010s | 50.4% | 51.5% | 1.1% | Morocco |
| 2020s | 50.2% | 51.2% | 1.0% | Morocco |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Iceland or Morocco?
- Morocco, at 50.7% against 50.4% in Iceland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Iceland and Morocco?
- 0.3%, with Morocco ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Morocco?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Iceland and Morocco rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Iceland ranks 149th and Morocco ranks 146th of 217 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.