Kuwait vs Maldives: Age dependency ratio
Kuwait
26.8%
in 2025
Maldives
31.6%
in 2025
Kuwait rank
215th
Maldives rank
213th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Kuwait
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 31.6% against 26.8% in Kuwait, a difference of 4.8%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.2 times Kuwait's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Kuwait ranks 215th and Maldives ranks 213th of 217 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72.5% | 79.8% | 7.3% | Maldives |
| 1970s | 79.3% | 92.9% | 13.5% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 63.4% | 94.3% | 30.9% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 54.0% | 94.2% | 40.2% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 37.9% | 61.3% | 23.4% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 32.1% | 38.0% | 6.0% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 28.8% | 32.4% | 3.6% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Kuwait or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 31.6% against 26.8% in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Kuwait and Maldives?
- 4.8%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Maldives?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and Maldives rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Kuwait ranks 215th and Maldives ranks 213th of 217 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.