Kuwait vs Qatar: Total dependency ratio

Kuwait

27.5%

in 2023

Qatar

20.1%

in 2023

Kuwait rank

234th

Qatar rank

236th

Total dependency ratio over time

Kuwait currently reports 27.5% against 20.1% in Qatar, a difference of 7.4%.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.4 times Qatar's.

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

Kuwait ranks 234th and Qatar ranks 236th 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).