Low income vs Niger: Age dependency ratio, young
Low income
73.3%
in 2025
Niger
90.4%
in 2025
Low income rank
3rd
Niger rank
3rd
Age dependency ratio, young over time
- Low income
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 90.4% against 73.3% in Low income, a difference of 17.1%.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.2 times Low income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.
Low income ranks 3rd and Niger ranks 3rd of 47 groups.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low income | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80.1% | 97.4% | 17.3% | Niger |
| 1970s | 85.6% | 93.6% | 8.0% | Niger |
| 1980s | 86.6% | 92.1% | 5.5% | Niger |
| 1990s | 87.5% | 91.7% | 4.2% | Niger |
| 2000s | 87.1% | 97.9% | 10.9% | Niger |
| 2010s | 82.0% | 101.3% | 19.4% | Niger |
| 2020s | 75.5% | 93.7% | 18.2% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, young, Low income or Niger?
- Niger, at 90.4% against 73.3% in Low income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, young between Low income and Niger?
- 17.1%, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Niger?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Low income and Niger rank globally for age dependency ratio, young?
- Low income ranks 3rd and Niger ranks 3rd of 47 groups.
- 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.