Sierra Leone vs Upper middle income: Age dependency ratio
Sierra Leone
69.3%
in 2025
Upper middle income
46.0%
in 2025
Sierra Leone rank
44th
Upper middle income rank
44th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Sierra Leone
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 69.3% against 46.0% in Upper middle income, a difference of 23.3%.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.5 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 44th and Upper middle income ranks 44th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 6 and Upper middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75.5% | 82.3% | 6.8% | Upper middle income |
| 1970s | 82.8% | 79.9% | 2.9% | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 86.8% | 66.0% | 20.8% | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 89.0% | 57.6% | 31.4% | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 89.2% | 47.9% | 41.3% | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 82.1% | 44.9% | 37.2% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 72.3% | 46.6% | 25.7% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Sierra Leone or Upper middle income?
- Sierra Leone, at 69.3% against 46.0% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Sierra Leone and Upper middle income?
- 23.3%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Upper middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Sierra Leone and Upper middle income rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Sierra Leone ranks 44th 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.