Kiribati vs Lesotho: Total dependency ratio
Kiribati
64.1%
in 2023
Lesotho
63.3%
in 2023
Kiribati rank
64th
Lesotho rank
67th
Total dependency ratio over time
- Kiribati
- Lesotho
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 64.1% against 63.3% in Lesotho, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Lesotho ahead.
Kiribati ranks 64th and Lesotho ranks 67th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 1 and Lesotho in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 86.4% | 98.9% | 12.5% | Lesotho |
| 1960s | 94.2% | 96.6% | 2.4% | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 91.1% | 85.1% | 6.0% | Kiribati |
| 1980s | 76.4% | 87.1% | 10.8% | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 79.4% | 85.9% | 6.5% | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 71.9% | 73.5% | 1.7% | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 64.7% | 67.8% | 3.2% | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 64.2% | 64.5% | 0.3% | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total dependency ratio, Kiribati or Lesotho?
- Kiribati, at 64.1% against 63.3% in Lesotho as of 2023.
- What is the difference in total dependency ratio between Kiribati and Lesotho?
- 0.8%, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Lesotho?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Kiribati and Lesotho rank globally for total dependency ratio?
- Kiribati ranks 64th and Lesotho ranks 67th 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).