Low income vs Niger: Age dependency ratio
Low income
80.2%
in 2025
Niger
95.5%
in 2025
Low income rank
2nd
Niger rank
5th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Low income
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 95.5% against 80.2% in Low income, a difference of 15.3%.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.2 times Low income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.
Low income ranks 2nd and Niger ranks 5th of 47 groups.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low income | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86.2% | 100.1% | 13.9% | Niger |
| 1970s | 91.7% | 97.0% | 5.3% | Niger |
| 1980s | 93.4% | 96.1% | 2.7% | Niger |
| 1990s | 94.7% | 96.1% | 1.3% | Niger |
| 2000s | 94.1% | 102.6% | 8.5% | Niger |
| 2010s | 88.8% | 106.4% | 17.6% | Niger |
| 2020s | 82.3% | 98.8% | 16.5% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Low income or Niger?
- Niger, at 95.5% against 80.2% in Low income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Low income and Niger?
- 15.3%, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Niger?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Low income and Niger rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Low income ranks 2nd and Niger ranks 5th 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.