Niger vs Somalia: Age dependency ratio
Niger
95.5%
in 2025
Somalia
96.7%
in 2025
Niger rank
5th
Somalia rank
3rd
Age dependency ratio over time
- Niger
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 96.7% against 95.5% in Niger, a difference of 1.2%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Niger ahead.
Niger ranks 5th and Somalia ranks 3rd of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 5 and Somalia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100.1% | 92.7% | 7.5% | Niger |
| 1970s | 97.0% | 91.5% | 5.5% | Niger |
| 1980s | 96.1% | 95.2% | 0.9% | Niger |
| 1990s | 96.1% | 98.5% | 2.4% | Somalia |
| 2000s | 102.6% | 102.7% | 0.1% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 106.4% | 100.6% | 5.7% | Niger |
| 2020s | 98.8% | 97.4% | 1.5% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Niger or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 96.7% against 95.5% in Niger as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Niger and Somalia?
- 1.2%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Somalia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Niger and Somalia rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Niger ranks 5th and Somalia ranks 3rd 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.