Lesotho vs Senegal: Age dependency breakdown

Lesotho

6.2%

in 2023

Senegal

6.2%

in 2023

Lesotho rank

186th

Senegal rank

189th

Age dependency breakdown over time

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

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

Lesotho ranks 186th and Senegal ranks 189th 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).