Oman vs Zambia: Old-age dependency ratio

Oman

3.7%

in 2023

Zambia

3.4%

in 2023

Oman rank

233rd

Zambia rank

234th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Oman currently reports 3.7% against 3.4% in Zambia, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Oman's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.

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

Oman ranks 233rd and Zambia ranks 234th 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).