Gabon vs Iraq: Total dependency ratio

Gabon

68.6%

in 2023

Iraq

68.0%

in 2023

Gabon rank

52nd

Iraq rank

53rd

Total dependency ratio over time

Gabon currently reports 68.6% against 68.0% in Iraq, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iraq ahead.

Gabon ranks 52nd and Iraq ranks 53rd 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).