Maldives vs Namibia: Age dependency ratio, old

Maldives
6.5%
in 2025
Namibia
6.4%
in 2025
Maldives rank
165th
Namibia rank
167th

Age dependency ratio, old over time

  • Maldives
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Maldives currently reports 6.5% against 6.4% in Namibia, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Namibia ahead.

Globally, Maldives ranks 165th and Namibia ranks 167th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Age dependency ratio, old (% 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
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.