Rwanda vs Upper middle income: Age dependency ratio
Rwanda
69.6%
in 2025
Upper middle income
46.0%
in 2025
Rwanda rank
43rd
Upper middle income rank
44th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Rwanda
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 69.6% against 46.0% in Upper middle income, a difference of 23.6%.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.5 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Rwanda has been ahead every year.
Rwanda ranks 43rd and Upper middle income ranks 44th of 218 countries.
Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 112.6% | 82.3% | 30.3% | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 98.9% | 79.9% | 19.0% | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 101.6% | 66.0% | 35.5% | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 107.3% | 57.6% | 49.7% | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 86.1% | 47.9% | 38.2% | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 79.1% | 44.9% | 34.2% | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 71.8% | 46.6% | 25.1% | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Rwanda or Upper middle income?
- Rwanda, at 69.6% against 46.0% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Rwanda and Upper middle income?
- 23.6%, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Upper middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Rwanda and Upper middle income rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Rwanda ranks 43rd and Upper middle income ranks 44th 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.