Age dependency ratio, old in Niger
Niger: Age dependency ratio, old was 5.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Age dependency ratio, old in Niger, 1960–2025
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in % of working-age population.
Analysis
Niger recorded 5.1% for age dependency ratio, old in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, age dependency ratio, old in Niger peaked at 5.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 1960.
That places Niger 196th out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.7% | 2.2% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.0% | 3.7% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.3% | 4.2% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.7% | 4.5% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.1% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Niger
More health data for Niger
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 400,760 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 425,555 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 439,639 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 417,693 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 7.01 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 12.91 million (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 431,792 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 409,736 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 423,756 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 369,120 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is age dependency ratio, old in Niger?
- Age dependency ratio, old in Niger was 5.1% in 2025, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest age dependency ratio, old recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 5.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest age dependency ratio, old recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 1960.
- How does Niger rank for age dependency ratio, old?
- Niger ranks 196th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is age dependency ratio, old rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 66 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
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.