Kenya vs Marshall Islands: Age dependency ratio
Kenya
64.7%
in 2025
Marshall Islands
63.3%
in 2025
Kenya rank
57th
Marshall Islands rank
60th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Kenya
- Marshall Islands
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 64.7% against 63.3% in Marshall Islands, a difference of 1.4%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Marshall Islands ahead.
Kenya ranks 57th and Marshall Islands ranks 60th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 6 and Marshall Islands in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Marshall Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 111.8% | 109.4% | 2.3% | Kenya |
| 1970s | 117.4% | 105.6% | 11.8% | Kenya |
| 1980s | 111.0% | 115.3% | 4.3% | Marshall Islands |
| 1990s | 100.3% | 98.0% | 2.3% | Kenya |
| 2000s | 88.2% | 72.7% | 15.5% | Kenya |
| 2010s | 80.0% | 67.9% | 12.1% | Kenya |
| 2020s | 68.6% | 63.2% | 5.4% | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Kenya or Marshall Islands?
- Kenya, at 64.7% against 63.3% in Marshall Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Kenya and Marshall Islands?
- 1.4%, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Marshall Islands?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Marshall Islands rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Kenya ranks 57th and Marshall Islands ranks 60th 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.