Bahrain vs Kuwait: Total dependency ratio

Bahrain

29.2%

in 2023

Kuwait

27.5%

in 2023

Bahrain rank

233rd

Kuwait rank

234th

Total dependency ratio over time

Bahrain currently reports 29.2% against 27.5% in Kuwait, a difference of 1.8%.

That makes Bahrain's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.

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

Bahrain ranks 233rd and Kuwait ranks 234th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Total 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 children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).