Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Age dependency ratio, young
Age dependency ratio, young over time
- Somalia
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 91.6% against 71.6% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 20.0%.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.3 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Somalia ahead.
Somalia ranks 2nd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 6 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86.3% | 81.7% | 4.7% | Somalia |
| 1970s | 85.1% | 86.5% | 1.4% | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1980s | 88.9% | 88.6% | 0.3% | Somalia |
| 1990s | 93.0% | 87.1% | 5.9% | Somalia |
| 2000s | 97.6% | 84.1% | 13.5% | Somalia |
| 2010s | 95.8% | 80.5% | 15.3% | Somalia |
| 2020s | 92.3% | 74.0% | 18.3% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, young, Somalia or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Somalia, at 91.6% against 71.6% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, young between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 20.0%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for age dependency ratio, young?
- Somalia ranks 2nd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th 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.