World vs Yemen: Age dependency ratio
World
54.5%
in 2025
Yemen
77.2%
in 2025
World rank
27th
Yemen rank
24th
Age dependency ratio over time
- World
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 77.2% against 54.5% in World, a difference of 22.7%.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.4 times World's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.
World ranks 27th 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 | World | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76.2% | 81.6% | 5.4% | Yemen |
| 1970s | 75.3% | 96.6% | 21.2% | Yemen |
| 1980s | 68.5% | 111.7% | 43.2% | Yemen |
| 1990s | 64.1% | 115.0% | 50.9% | Yemen |
| 2000s | 57.8% | 98.0% | 40.1% | Yemen |
| 2010s | 55.2% | 81.3% | 26.2% | Yemen |
| 2020s | 55.0% | 77.8% | 22.8% | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, World or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 77.2% against 54.5% in World as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between World and Yemen?
- 22.7%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for World and Yemen?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do World and Yemen rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- World ranks 27th 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.