Low income vs Somalia: Age dependency ratio
Low income
80.2%
in 2025
Somalia
96.7%
in 2025
Low income rank
2nd
Somalia rank
3rd
Age dependency ratio over time
- Low income
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 96.7% against 80.2% in Low income, a difference of 16.5%.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.2 times Low income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Somalia ahead.
Low income ranks 2nd and Somalia ranks 3rd of 47 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Low income averaged higher in 1 and Somalia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low income | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86.2% | 92.7% | 6.4% | Somalia |
| 1970s | 91.7% | 91.5% | 0.2% | Low income |
| 1980s | 93.4% | 95.2% | 1.8% | Somalia |
| 1990s | 94.7% | 98.5% | 3.7% | Somalia |
| 2000s | 94.1% | 102.7% | 8.6% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 88.8% | 100.6% | 11.8% | Somalia |
| 2020s | 82.3% | 97.4% | 15.1% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Low income or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 96.7% against 80.2% in Low income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Low income and Somalia?
- 16.5%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Somalia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Low income and Somalia rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Low income ranks 2nd and Somalia ranks 3rd 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.