Fiji vs Western Sahara: Old-age dependency ratio

Fiji

9.6%

in 2023

Western Sahara

9.0%

in 2023

Fiji rank

149th

Western Sahara rank

152nd

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Fiji currently reports 9.6% against 9.0% in Western Sahara, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes Fiji's figure about 1.1 times Western Sahara's.

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

Fiji ranks 149th and Western Sahara ranks 152nd 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).