Lesotho vs Timor-Leste: Age dependency ratio
Lesotho
61.2%
in 2025
Timor-Leste
62.2%
in 2025
Lesotho rank
66th
Timor-Leste rank
64th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Lesotho
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 62.2% against 61.2% in Lesotho, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 66th and Timor-Leste ranks 64th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 4 and Timor-Leste in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 96.6% | 71.8% | 24.8% | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 85.1% | 71.7% | 13.4% | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 87.1% | 72.5% | 14.7% | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 85.9% | 81.7% | 4.2% | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 73.5% | 82.3% | 8.8% | Timor-Leste |
| 2010s | 67.8% | 80.1% | 12.2% | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 63.6% | 66.5% | 2.9% | Timor-Leste |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Lesotho or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at 62.2% against 61.2% in Lesotho as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Lesotho and Timor-Leste?
- 1.0%, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Timor-Leste?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and Timor-Leste rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Lesotho ranks 66th and Timor-Leste ranks 64th 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.