Cameroon vs Lower middle income: Age dependency ratio, young
Cameroon
73.3%
in 2025
Lower middle income
45.8%
in 2025
Cameroon rank
15th
Lower middle income rank
18th
Age dependency ratio, young over time
- Cameroon
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 73.3% against 45.8% in Lower middle income, a difference of 27.5%.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.6 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Cameroon ranks 15th and Lower middle income ranks 18th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 6 and Lower middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73.8% | 77.3% | 3.5% | Lower middle income |
| 1970s | 81.8% | 77.6% | 4.2% | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 89.9% | 75.0% | 14.9% | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 90.4% | 70.0% | 20.3% | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 84.1% | 61.2% | 22.9% | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 80.4% | 53.2% | 27.1% | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 75.7% | 47.5% | 28.1% | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, young, Cameroon or Lower middle income?
- Cameroon, at 73.3% against 45.8% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, young between Cameroon and Lower middle income?
- 27.5%, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Lower middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Cameroon and Lower middle income rank globally for age dependency ratio, young?
- Cameroon ranks 15th and Lower middle income ranks 18th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio, young (% 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, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.