Kuwait vs Qatar: Age dependency ratio
Kuwait
26.8%
in 2025
Qatar
20.0%
in 2025
Kuwait rank
215th
Qatar rank
217th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Kuwait
- Qatar
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 26.8% against 20.0% in Qatar, a difference of 6.8%.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.3 times Qatar's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Qatar ahead.
Kuwait ranks 215th and Qatar ranks 217th of 217 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72.5% | 69.1% | 3.4% | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 79.3% | 58.4% | 20.9% | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 63.4% | 40.9% | 22.5% | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 54.0% | 37.2% | 16.8% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 37.9% | 27.2% | 10.7% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 32.1% | 17.9% | 14.1% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 28.8% | 20.1% | 8.7% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Kuwait or Qatar?
- Kuwait, at 26.8% against 20.0% in Qatar as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Kuwait and Qatar?
- 6.8%, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Qatar?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and Qatar rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Kuwait ranks 215th and Qatar ranks 217th 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.