Yemen vs Zambia: Age dependency ratio
Yemen
77.2%
in 2025
Zambia
75.3%
in 2025
Yemen rank
24th
Zambia rank
27th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Yemen
- Zambia
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 77.2% against 75.3% in Zambia, a difference of 1.9%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Zambia ahead.
Yemen ranks 24th and Zambia ranks 27th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Yemen averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Yemen | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.6% | 98.4% | 16.8% | Zambia |
| 1970s | 96.6% | 107.1% | 10.5% | Zambia |
| 1980s | 111.7% | 108.5% | 3.2% | Yemen |
| 1990s | 115.0% | 103.7% | 11.3% | Yemen |
| 2000s | 98.0% | 97.3% | 0.7% | Yemen |
| 2010s | 81.3% | 88.6% | 7.2% | Zambia |
| 2020s | 77.8% | 78.8% | 1.0% | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Yemen or Zambia?
- Yemen, at 77.2% against 75.3% in Zambia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Yemen and Zambia?
- 1.9%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Yemen and Zambia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Yemen and Zambia rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Yemen ranks 24th and Zambia ranks 27th 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.