IDA & IBRD total vs Yemen: Age dependency ratio
IDA & IBRD total
54.2%
in 2025
Yemen
77.2%
in 2025
IDA & IBRD total rank
29th
Yemen rank
24th
Age dependency ratio over time
- IDA & IBRD total
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 77.2% against 54.2% in IDA & IBRD total, a difference of 23.0%.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.4 times IDA & IBRD total's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was IDA & IBRD total ahead.
IDA & IBRD total ranks 29th and Yemen ranks 24th of 47 groups.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | IDA & IBRD total | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.1% | 81.6% | 0.5% | Yemen |
| 1970s | 80.2% | 96.6% | 16.3% | Yemen |
| 1980s | 72.7% | 111.7% | 39.0% | Yemen |
| 1990s | 67.3% | 115.0% | 47.7% | Yemen |
| 2000s | 59.7% | 98.0% | 38.3% | Yemen |
| 2010s | 55.9% | 81.3% | 25.5% | Yemen |
| 2020s | 55.1% | 77.8% | 22.7% | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, IDA & IBRD total or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 77.2% against 54.2% in IDA & IBRD total as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between IDA & IBRD total and Yemen?
- 23.0%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for IDA & IBRD total and Yemen?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do IDA & IBRD total and Yemen rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- IDA & IBRD total ranks 29th and Yemen ranks 24th 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.