Kuwait vs Maldives: Total dependency ratio
Kuwait
27.5%
in 2023
Maldives
32.3%
in 2023
Kuwait rank
234th
Maldives rank
231st
Total dependency ratio over time
- Kuwait
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 32.3% against 27.5% in Kuwait, a difference of 4.8%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.2 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Maldives ahead.
Kuwait ranks 234th and Maldives ranks 231st of 236 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 68.7% | 73.5% | 4.8% | Maldives |
| 1960s | 72.5% | 79.8% | 7.3% | Maldives |
| 1970s | 79.3% | 92.9% | 13.5% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 63.4% | 94.3% | 30.9% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 54.0% | 94.2% | 40.2% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 37.9% | 61.3% | 23.4% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 32.1% | 38.0% | 6.0% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 29.8% | 32.7% | 3.0% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total dependency ratio, Kuwait or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 32.3% against 27.5% in Kuwait as of 2023.
- What is the difference in total dependency ratio between Kuwait and Maldives?
- 4.8%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Maldives?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Kuwait and Maldives rank globally for total dependency ratio?
- Kuwait ranks 234th and Maldives ranks 231st 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).