Eritrea vs Madagascar: Total dependency ratio

Eritrea
74.9%
in 2023
Madagascar
75.2%
in 2023
Eritrea rank
35th
Madagascar rank
33rd

Total dependency ratio over time

  • Eritrea
  • Madagascar
0255075100195019862023

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 75.2% against 74.9% in Eritrea, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 35th and Madagascar ranks 33rd of 236 countries.

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About this data

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
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