Mauritania vs Mozambique: Age dependency ratio
Mauritania
83.9%
in 2025
Mozambique
88.3%
in 2025
Mauritania rank
11th
Mozambique rank
9th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
How they compare
Mozambique currently reports 88.3% against 83.9% in Mauritania, a difference of 4.4%.
That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 11th and Mozambique ranks 9th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Mozambique in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Mozambique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82.2% | 82.0% | 0.1% | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 93.2% | 88.7% | 4.5% | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 94.9% | 95.6% | 0.7% | Mozambique |
| 1990s | 91.5% | 92.6% | 1.1% | Mozambique |
| 2000s | 89.8% | 92.3% | 2.5% | Mozambique |
| 2010s | 91.0% | 93.8% | 2.8% | Mozambique |
| 2020s | 86.5% | 90.6% | 4.1% | Mozambique |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Mauritania or Mozambique?
- Mozambique, at 88.3% against 83.9% in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Mauritania and Mozambique?
- 4.4%, with Mozambique ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Mozambique?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Mozambique rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Mauritania ranks 11th and Mozambique ranks 9th 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.