Nigeria vs Yemen: Age dependency ratio
Nigeria
77.3%
in 2025
Yemen
77.2%
in 2025
Nigeria rank
23rd
Yemen rank
24th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Nigeria
- Yemen
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 77.3% against 77.2% in Yemen, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nigeria ranks 23rd and Yemen ranks 24th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.4% | 81.6% | 0.2% | Yemen |
| 1970s | 87.2% | 96.6% | 9.4% | Yemen |
| 1980s | 93.9% | 111.7% | 17.8% | Yemen |
| 1990s | 91.0% | 115.0% | 24.0% | Yemen |
| 2000s | 88.7% | 98.0% | 9.3% | Yemen |
| 2010s | 89.1% | 81.3% | 7.8% | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 80.9% | 77.8% | 3.1% | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Nigeria or Yemen?
- Nigeria, at 77.3% against 77.2% in Yemen as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Nigeria and Yemen?
- 0.1%, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Yemen?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Nigeria and Yemen rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Nigeria ranks 23rd and Yemen ranks 24th 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.