Cape Verde vs Mexico: Total dependency ratio

Cape Verde

49.1%

in 2023

Mexico

49.0%

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

172nd

Mexico rank

174th

Total dependency ratio over time

Cape Verde currently reports 49.1% against 49.0% in Mexico, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Cape Verde ranks 172nd and Mexico ranks 174th 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).