Mauritania vs Namibia: Age dependency breakdown

Mauritania

6.0%

in 2023

Namibia

6.0%

in 2023

Mauritania rank

196th

Namibia rank

193rd

Age dependency breakdown over time

Namibia currently reports 6.0% against 6.0% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Mauritania ranks 196th and Namibia ranks 193rd 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).