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Botswana vs Lesotho: Age dependency breakdown

Botswana
6.2%
in 2023
Lesotho
6.2%
in 2023
Botswana rank
187th
Lesotho rank
186th

Age dependency breakdown over time

  • Botswana
  • Lesotho
051015195019862023

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 6.2% against 6.2% in Botswana, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Lesotho ahead.

Botswana ranks 187th and Lesotho ranks 186th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Age dependency breakdown
Unit
%
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
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The number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).