Kiribati vs Timor-Leste: Age dependency ratio
Kiribati
63.2%
in 2025
Timor-Leste
62.2%
in 2025
Kiribati rank
62nd
Timor-Leste rank
64th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Kiribati
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 63.2% against 62.2% in Timor-Leste, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kiribati ahead.
Kiribati ranks 62nd and Timor-Leste ranks 64th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 3 and Timor-Leste in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 94.2% | 71.8% | 22.4% | Kiribati |
| 1970s | 91.1% | 71.7% | 19.4% | Kiribati |
| 1980s | 76.4% | 72.5% | 3.9% | Kiribati |
| 1990s | 79.4% | 81.7% | 2.3% | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 71.9% | 82.3% | 10.4% | Timor-Leste |
| 2010s | 64.6% | 80.1% | 15.4% | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 64.0% | 66.5% | 2.6% | Timor-Leste |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Kiribati or Timor-Leste?
- Kiribati, at 63.2% against 62.2% in Timor-Leste as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Kiribati and Timor-Leste?
- 1.0%, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Timor-Leste?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Kiribati and Timor-Leste rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Kiribati ranks 62nd and Timor-Leste ranks 64th 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.