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Lesotho vs Tuvalu: Total dependency ratio

Lesotho
63.3%
in 2023
Tuvalu
63.7%
in 2023
Lesotho rank
67th
Tuvalu rank
65th

Total dependency ratio over time

  • Lesotho
  • Tuvalu
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How they compare

Tuvalu currently reports 63.7% against 63.3% in Lesotho, a difference of 0.4%.

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

Lesotho ranks 67th and Tuvalu ranks 65th of 236 countries.

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About this data

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
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The number of children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).