Liberia vs Middle income: Age dependency ratio
Liberia
73.7%
in 2025
Middle income
51.0%
in 2025
Liberia rank
30th
Middle income rank
35th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Liberia
- Middle income
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 73.7% against 51.0% in Middle income, a difference of 22.7%.
That makes Liberia's figure about 1.4 times Middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Middle income ahead.
Liberia ranks 30th and Middle income ranks 35th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 6 and Middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.0% | 82.8% | 1.9% | Middle income |
| 1970s | 86.3% | 81.7% | 4.6% | Liberia |
| 1980s | 89.1% | 72.5% | 16.6% | Liberia |
| 1990s | 87.7% | 66.0% | 21.7% | Liberia |
| 2000s | 86.0% | 57.3% | 28.7% | Liberia |
| 2010s | 83.7% | 52.9% | 30.9% | Liberia |
| 2020s | 77.0% | 51.9% | 25.2% | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Liberia or Middle income?
- Liberia, at 73.7% against 51.0% in Middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Liberia and Middle income?
- 22.7%, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Liberia and Middle income rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Liberia ranks 30th and Middle income ranks 35th 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.