North America vs Yemen: Age dependency ratio
North America
54.9%
in 2025
Yemen
77.2%
in 2025
North America rank
26th
Yemen rank
24th
Age dependency ratio over time
- North America
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 77.2% against 54.9% in North America, a difference of 22.3%.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.4 times North America's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.
North America ranks 26th and Yemen ranks 24th of 47 groups.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North America | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66.3% | 81.6% | 15.3% | Yemen |
| 1970s | 55.8% | 96.6% | 40.8% | Yemen |
| 1980s | 49.7% | 111.7% | 62.0% | Yemen |
| 1990s | 51.1% | 115.0% | 63.8% | Yemen |
| 2000s | 48.2% | 98.0% | 49.7% | Yemen |
| 2010s | 49.9% | 81.3% | 31.5% | Yemen |
| 2020s | 53.6% | 77.8% | 24.2% | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, North America or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 77.2% against 54.9% in North America as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between North America and Yemen?
- 22.3%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North America and Yemen?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do North America and Yemen rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- North America ranks 26th and Yemen ranks 24th 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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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.