Belize vs Libya: Age dependency ratio, young

Belize
38.3%
in 2025
Libya
39.5%
in 2025
Belize rank
91st
Libya rank
90th

Age dependency ratio, young over time

  • Belize
  • Libya
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How they compare

Libya currently reports 39.5% against 38.3% in Belize, a difference of 1.2%.

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

Globally, Belize ranks 91st and Libya ranks 90th of 215 countries.

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About this data

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
264 places, 17,394 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.