Mauritius vs Seychelles: Age dependency ratio
Mauritius
40.2%
in 2025
Seychelles
39.9%
in 2025
Mauritius rank
200th
Seychelles rank
201st
Age dependency ratio over time
- Mauritius
- Seychelles
How they compare
Mauritius currently reports 40.2% against 39.9% in Seychelles, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mauritius ahead.
Mauritius ranks 200th and Seychelles ranks 201st of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritius averaged higher in 1 and Seychelles in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritius | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90.6% | 88.8% | 1.8% | Mauritius |
| 1970s | 71.9% | 90.2% | 18.3% | Seychelles |
| 1980s | 57.3% | 71.0% | 13.7% | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 50.5% | 60.1% | 9.6% | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 43.7% | 48.4% | 4.7% | Seychelles |
| 2010s | 38.6% | 40.2% | 1.6% | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 39.0% | 39.7% | 0.6% | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Mauritius or Seychelles?
- Mauritius, at 40.2% against 39.9% in Seychelles as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Mauritius and Seychelles?
- 0.3%, with Mauritius ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and Seychelles?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Mauritius and Seychelles rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Mauritius ranks 200th and Seychelles ranks 201st of 217 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.