Mauritius vs Sri Lanka: Old-age dependency ratio

Mauritius

18.0%

in 2023

Sri Lanka

17.8%

in 2023

Mauritius rank

90th

Sri Lanka rank

91st

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Mauritius currently reports 18.0% against 17.8% in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.2%.

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

Mauritius ranks 90th and Sri Lanka ranks 91st 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).