Laos vs Nepal: Total dependency ratio

Laos

54.1%

in 2023

Nepal

54.0%

in 2023

Laos rank

127th

Nepal rank

128th

Total dependency ratio over time

Laos currently reports 54.1% against 54.0% in Nepal, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nepal ahead.

Laos ranks 127th and Nepal ranks 128th 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).