Iraq vs Namibia: Total dependency ratio

Iraq

68.0%

in 2023

Namibia

69.1%

in 2023

Iraq rank

53rd

Namibia rank

50th

Total dependency ratio over time

Namibia currently reports 69.1% against 68.0% in Iraq, a difference of 1.1%.

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

Iraq ranks 53rd and Namibia ranks 50th 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).