Liberia vs Low & middle income: Age dependency ratio
Liberia
73.7%
in 2025
Low & middle income
54.3%
in 2025
Liberia rank
30th
Low & middle income rank
28th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Liberia
- Low & middle income
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 73.7% against 54.3% in Low & middle income, a difference of 19.4%.
That makes Liberia's figure about 1.4 times Low & middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Low & middle income ahead.
Liberia ranks 30th and Low & middle income ranks 28th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 6 and Low & middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Low & middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.0% | 83.0% | 2.1% | Low & middle income |
| 1970s | 86.3% | 82.3% | 4.0% | Liberia |
| 1980s | 89.1% | 74.0% | 15.2% | Liberia |
| 1990s | 87.7% | 68.1% | 19.6% | Liberia |
| 2000s | 86.0% | 60.4% | 25.6% | Liberia |
| 2010s | 83.7% | 56.3% | 27.4% | Liberia |
| 2020s | 77.0% | 55.2% | 21.9% | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Liberia or Low & middle income?
- Liberia, at 73.7% against 54.3% in Low & middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Liberia and Low & middle income?
- 19.4%, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Low & middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Liberia and Low & middle income rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Liberia ranks 30th and Low & middle income ranks 28th 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.