Kiribati vs Marshall Islands: Age dependency ratio
Kiribati
63.2%
in 2025
Marshall Islands
63.3%
in 2025
Kiribati rank
62nd
Marshall Islands rank
60th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
How they compare
Marshall Islands currently reports 63.3% against 63.2% in Kiribati, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Marshall Islands ahead.
Kiribati ranks 62nd and Marshall Islands ranks 60th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 1 and Marshall Islands in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Marshall Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 94.2% | 109.4% | 15.3% | Marshall Islands |
| 1970s | 91.1% | 105.6% | 14.5% | Marshall Islands |
| 1980s | 76.4% | 115.3% | 38.9% | Marshall Islands |
| 1990s | 79.4% | 98.0% | 18.6% | Marshall Islands |
| 2000s | 71.9% | 72.7% | 0.8% | Marshall Islands |
| 2010s | 64.6% | 67.9% | 3.3% | Marshall Islands |
| 2020s | 64.0% | 63.2% | 0.8% | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Kiribati or Marshall Islands?
- Marshall Islands, at 63.3% against 63.2% in Kiribati as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Kiribati and Marshall Islands?
- 0.1%, with Marshall Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Marshall Islands?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Kiribati and Marshall Islands rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Kiribati ranks 62nd 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.