Mauritania vs Mozambique: Age dependency ratio, young

Mauritania
78.0%
in 2025
Mozambique
83.2%
in 2025
Mauritania rank
11th
Mozambique rank
8th

Age dependency ratio, young over time

  • Mauritania
  • Mozambique
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How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 83.2% against 78.0% in Mauritania, a difference of 5.2%.

That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mauritania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 11th and Mozambique ranks 8th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Mozambique in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Mozambique Difference Ahead
1960s 77.5% 76.5% 0.9% Mauritania
1970s 87.6% 83.0% 4.6% Mauritania
1980s 88.9% 89.5% 0.5% Mozambique
1990s 85.6% 87.1% 1.5% Mozambique
2000s 83.8% 87.2% 3.3% Mozambique
2010s 84.2% 88.5% 4.2% Mozambique
2020s 80.5% 85.4% 4.9% Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher age dependency ratio, young, Mauritania or Mozambique?
Mozambique, at 83.2% against 78.0% in Mauritania as of 2025.
What is the difference in age dependency ratio, young between Mauritania and Mozambique?
5.2%, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Mozambique?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Mauritania and Mozambique rank globally for age dependency ratio, young?
Mauritania ranks 11th and Mozambique ranks 8th 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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Indicator
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Unit
% of working-age population
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,526 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.