Egypt vs Guatemala: Old-age dependency ratio

Egypt

7.9%

in 2023

Guatemala

7.5%

in 2023

Egypt rank

161st

Guatemala rank

164th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Egypt currently reports 7.9% against 7.5% in Guatemala, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Guatemala's.

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

Egypt ranks 161st and Guatemala ranks 164th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Old-age dependency ratio
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).