Gabon vs Laos: Old-age dependency ratio

Gabon

6.8%

in 2023

Laos

7.0%

in 2023

Gabon rank

175th

Laos rank

174th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Laos currently reports 7.0% against 6.8% in Gabon, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Gabon ranks 175th and Laos ranks 174th 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).