Maldives vs Tanzania: Old-age dependency ratio

Maldives

5.7%

in 2023

Tanzania

5.6%

in 2023

Maldives rank

199th

Tanzania rank

202nd

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Maldives currently reports 5.7% against 5.6% in Tanzania, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Maldives ahead.

Maldives ranks 199th and Tanzania ranks 202nd 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).