Israel vs Kenya: Age dependency ratio
Israel
66.3%
in 2025
Kenya
64.7%
in 2025
Israel rank
54th
Kenya rank
57th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Israel
- Kenya
How they compare
Israel currently reports 66.3% against 64.7% in Kenya, a difference of 1.6%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kenya ahead.
Israel ranks 54th and Kenya ranks 57th of 218 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67.2% | 111.8% | 44.6% | Kenya |
| 1970s | 67.9% | 117.4% | 49.5% | Kenya |
| 1980s | 70.6% | 111.0% | 40.4% | Kenya |
| 1990s | 64.8% | 100.3% | 35.5% | Kenya |
| 2000s | 60.8% | 88.2% | 27.4% | Kenya |
| 2010s | 64.1% | 80.0% | 15.8% | Kenya |
| 2020s | 66.8% | 68.6% | 1.8% | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Israel or Kenya?
- Israel, at 66.3% against 64.7% in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Israel and Kenya?
- 1.6%, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Kenya?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Israel and Kenya rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Israel ranks 54th and Kenya ranks 57th 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.