Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Tanzania: Age dependency ratio

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
61.9%
in 2025
Tanzania
83.1%
in 2025
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
14th
Tanzania rank
12th

Age dependency ratio over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 83.1% against 61.9% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 21.2%.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.3 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Tanzania has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 14th and Tanzania ranks 12th of 47 groups.

Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Tanzania Difference Ahead
1960s 88.4% 91.1% 2.8% Tanzania
1970s 91.0% 96.4% 5.3% Tanzania
1980s 89.1% 100.7% 11.6% Tanzania
1990s 85.2% 92.8% 7.6% Tanzania
2000s 71.5% 90.7% 19.2% Tanzania
2010s 65.8% 90.4% 24.6% Tanzania
2020s 63.5% 84.8% 21.2% Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher age dependency ratio, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Tanzania?
Tanzania, at 83.1% against 61.9% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Tanzania?
21.2%, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Tanzania?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Tanzania rank globally for age dependency ratio?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 14th and Tanzania ranks 12th 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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Indicator
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Unit
% of working-age population
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,526 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.