Kenya vs Somalia: Age dependency breakdown

Kenya

4.9%

in 2023

Somalia

5.1%

in 2023

Kenya rank

218th

Somalia rank

215th

Age dependency breakdown over time

Somalia currently reports 5.1% against 4.9% in Kenya, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 218th and Somalia ranks 215th of 236 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).