Timor-Leste vs Tuvalu: Age dependency ratio, young
Timor-Leste
53.7%
in 2025
Tuvalu
55.1%
in 2025
Timor-Leste rank
57th
Tuvalu rank
55th
Age dependency ratio, young over time
- Timor-Leste
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Tuvalu currently reports 55.1% against 53.7% in Timor-Leste, a difference of 1.4%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Tuvalu ahead.
Timor-Leste ranks 57th and Tuvalu ranks 55th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Timor-Leste averaged higher in 5 and Tuvalu in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Timor-Leste | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67.4% | 82.8% | 15.4% | Tuvalu |
| 1970s | 67.1% | 69.4% | 2.2% | Tuvalu |
| 1980s | 68.3% | 52.6% | 15.7% | Timor-Leste |
| 1990s | 77.6% | 61.5% | 16.1% | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 77.0% | 59.2% | 17.8% | Timor-Leste |
| 2010s | 70.8% | 51.4% | 19.4% | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 57.6% | 52.6% | 5.0% | Timor-Leste |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, young, Timor-Leste or Tuvalu?
- Tuvalu, at 55.1% against 53.7% in Timor-Leste as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio, young between Timor-Leste and Tuvalu?
- 1.4%, with Tuvalu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and Tuvalu?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Timor-Leste and Tuvalu rank globally for age dependency ratio, young?
- Timor-Leste ranks 57th and Tuvalu ranks 55th 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.