Nauru vs Yemen: Old-age dependency ratio

Nauru

4.6%

in 2023

Yemen

4.5%

in 2023

Nauru rank

224th

Yemen rank

226th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Nauru currently reports 4.6% against 4.5% in Yemen, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Nauru ranks 224th and Yemen ranks 226th 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).