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
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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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.