Late-demographic dividend vs Sierra Leone: Age dependency ratio
Late-demographic dividend
45.2%
in 2025
Sierra Leone
69.3%
in 2025
Late-demographic dividend rank
45th
Sierra Leone rank
44th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Late-demographic dividend
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 69.3% against 45.2% in Late-demographic dividend, a difference of 24.1%.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.5 times Late-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Late-demographic dividend ahead.
Late-demographic dividend ranks 45th and Sierra Leone ranks 44th of 47 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Late-demographic dividend averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Late-demographic dividend | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78.1% | 75.5% | 2.6% | Late-demographic dividend |
| 1970s | 74.4% | 82.8% | 8.4% | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 60.1% | 86.8% | 26.7% | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 52.7% | 89.0% | 36.3% | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 43.4% | 89.2% | 45.8% | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 41.6% | 82.1% | 40.5% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 45.4% | 72.3% | 26.9% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Late-demographic dividend or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 69.3% against 45.2% in Late-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Late-demographic dividend and Sierra Leone?
- 24.1%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Late-demographic dividend and Sierra Leone?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Late-demographic dividend and Sierra Leone rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Late-demographic dividend ranks 45th and Sierra Leone ranks 44th of 47 groups.
- 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.