Bahrain vs Maldives: Total dependency ratio
Bahrain
29.2%
in 2023
Maldives
32.3%
in 2023
Bahrain rank
233rd
Maldives rank
231st
Total dependency ratio over time
- Bahrain
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 32.3% against 29.2% in Bahrain, a difference of 3.1%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.1 times Bahrain's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 233rd and Maldives ranks 231st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 2 and Maldives in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 82.2% | 73.5% | 8.7% | Bahrain |
| 1960s | 89.0% | 79.8% | 9.2% | Bahrain |
| 1970s | 76.1% | 92.9% | 16.7% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 56.3% | 94.3% | 38.0% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 52.6% | 94.2% | 41.6% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 37.1% | 61.3% | 24.2% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 29.3% | 38.0% | 8.8% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 29.5% | 32.7% | 3.2% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total dependency ratio, Bahrain or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 32.3% against 29.2% in Bahrain as of 2023.
- What is the difference in total dependency ratio between Bahrain and Maldives?
- 3.1%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Maldives?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bahrain and Maldives rank globally for total dependency ratio?
- Bahrain ranks 233rd and Maldives ranks 231st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Total dependency ratio. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).